Global Environmental Outlook and Rio+20

The United Nations Environment Programme recently released its fifth Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-5), a report on world progress towards the environmental aspects of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). For those who lack the time to absorb all 525 pages of...

Lia Demange: Messages from Planeta Verde Conference

Green Planet (Planeta Verde)/Jurists’ Conference, held at the Rio Supreme Court on the 16th and 17th On June 16th, Bakary Kante of UNEP exalted the role played by the environment on sustainable development, arguing that the environment is not just one of three pillars...

Lia Demange: Messages from World Environmental Jurists

Brazilian lawyer Lia Helena Monteiro de Lima Demange holds an LL.M. degree from Pace Law School.  This is her report from the World Meeting of Environmental Jurists, held at the Rio Botanical Garden on June 15. There was a ubiquitous feeling among the jurists that no...