The GCCA shared calendar with key Partner and stakeholder events, campaign opportunities, and a list of shared files for GCCA members and allies.
Rio+20 Earth Summit, Brazil
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) is being organized in pursuance of General Assembly Resolution 64/236 (A/RES/64/236). The Conference will take place in Brazil on 20-22 June 2012 to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, and the 10th anniversary of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. It is envisaged as a Conference at the highest possible level, including Heads of State and Government or other representatives. The Conference will result in a focused political document.
A number of documents and studies are being produced by various stakeholders in preparation for UNCSD and they are available on the UN Website: Documents section>>
Calendar & Files
The Daily Tck
Throughout the Rio Earth Summit we will be distributing daily intelligence reports. To sign up, please fill out the form below:
Recent Stories
The leaders of nearly two dozen environmental groups called on President Obama to attend next month’s Rio+20 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, underscoring the uncertainty that continues to cloud the historic meeting. ... Read more »
Together with TckTckTck, the Elders have launched 'Elders + Youngers' a global debate with young leaders to inspire the urgent change needed to build a more equitable and sustainable world.... Read more »
Every Friday we select our favourite videos from the climate movement to feature on TckTckTck. Let us know what you think of our choices in the comments section below.... Read more »
Just ahead of a key to G-20 preparatory meeting in Mexico City, ActionAid today released a report, which shows how US biofuels policy is increasing food insecurity in Mexico. ... Read more »
An ever-growing demand for resources by a growing population is putting tremendous pressures on our planet’s biodiversity and is threatening our future security, health and well-being, reveals the 2012 edition of WWF’s Living Planet Report – the leading biennial survey of t... Read more »
Twenty of the world’s leading off-grid clean energy entrepreneurs sent a letter (http://bit.ly/IzuDSU) today to World Bank Group president Robert Zoellick requesting $500 million in financial commitments to help them deliver on the world’s energy access goals. ... Read more »
Every Friday we select our favourite videos from the climate movement to feature on TckTckTck. Let us know what you think of our choices in the comments section below.... Read more »
After weeks of intense online voting and nearly 200 video submissions from around the world, we are delighted to share the finalists for the Date with History competition.... Read more »
Dear Presidents and Prime Ministers, Kings and Queens: Once every generation or so, you're asked to step outside your national mindset and collectively figure out how to safeguard the planet and all its inhabitants. I grant you this: it's no easy task.... Read more »
Every Friday we select our favourite videos from the climate movement to feature on TckTckTck. Let us know what you think of our choices in the comments section below.... Read more »
As world leaders prepare for the Rio+20 summit on sustainable development this June, our partners The Elders are hosting an online discussion with young activists to ask what our shared future should look like and explore how we get there. Join the conversation.... Read more »
Ecuador is eyeing the international Green Climate Fund as a way to help pay for its plan to trade oil for forests, a top government representative said.... Read more »
Every Friday we select our favourite videos from the climate movement to feature on TckTckTck. Let us know what you think of our choices in the comments section below.... Read more »
High on a windmill, hidden amongst the cherry orchards and the wheat fields of Eastern Czech Republic, is a painting of a raven with a piece of bread in its mouth. The prophet St. Elias the Tishbite was kept alive by ravens feeding him bread when he was hidden in the desert. This... Read more »
The Global Campaign for Climate Action (www.tcktcktck.org) hosted by Greenpeace International invites you to attend a side event.... Read more »
Music for Relief has launched a new campaign to address the issue of energy poverty.... Read more »
Innovating and stepping up the pressure on governments are the bywords for civil society participation in the run-up to Rio+20, a conference with the ambitious goal of changing the way humankind relates with the planet. ... Read more »
If developing nations are to pursue the same trajectory (as they currently are), without a doubt, a crisis of unthinkable proportions is in the making. This is why leading the way in righting the wrongs of the past century has fallen to the hands of developing nations.... Read more »
In India, poverty is one of the largest reasons for social problems. As a largely agrarian economy, the country is as vulnerable to climate change like any island nation. A study by Purdue University concluded that changes in the weather patterns have direct implications on the m... Read more »
Sarah Corbett has vivid purple-red hair, comes from the north of England and for half of the week, she works for Oxfam. On her arm is a range of arty tattoos and among them are Gandhi’s words, in typewriter lettering, “Be the change you want to see in the world”. She wears ... Read more »
