by lharmon | Jun 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Professor Robinson is currently involved in the UNEP World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustaiability. The meeting schedule and photos of the event by IISD are available at www.iisd.ca/uncsd/rio20/unepwc/ His report on yesterday’s...
by lharmon | Jun 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director, opened the World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Sustainable Development, at the Tribunal de Justica (the Supreme Court) of the State of Rio de Janeiro. He noted that the 5th Global Environment Report of UNEP showed...
by lharmon | Jun 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
The negotiating text released June 16th by the Brazilian chair of the CSD has 287 paragraphs. It consists of agreements in the prior negotiations (agreed ad ref) and many efforts to restate acceptable past agreements. This text goes beyond agreeing to reaffirm the...
by lharmon | Jun 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s hard to know what to say about the first week of Rio+20. The PrepCom ended as it had begun, with a bloated document running over two-hundred pages, and hundreds of brackets reflecting areas of disagreement. This came after weeks of “informal-informal”...
by lharmon | Jun 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Professor Nicholas Robinson reports that his lectures Thursday at the Jurists conference (at the Botanical Garden) and Friday at the Planeta Verde/Judicial conference (at the Rio Supreme Court) went well. He acknowledged Pace alum Prof. Romulo Sampaio and 4 of our...
