In the week following the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), held over 20-22 June in Brazil, The Guardian published two stories on the role of big business in sustainable development. In one article, Kirsty Jenkinson and Manish Bapna argue that business needed to be more proactive and committed to the issue of sustainable development. […]
Expert Speak on Rio+20: Q&A with Aditya Bahadur
We recently caught up with Baird’s CMC’s very own environmental expert, Aditya Bahadur, to get his take on the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), held over 20-22 June in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012. Read the insightful Q&A with Aditya below to get an insider perspective on Rio+20: Q: A lot of people […]
Rio +20 update: Failure or Success?
The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), held over 20-22 June in Brazil, saw over 40,000 people attending, including parliamentarians, UN officials, CEOs and civil society leaders. The event took place 2 decades after the landmark 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, during which countries adopted Agenda 21 – a comprehensive plan of action […]
Brazil New Forest Bill: Update
Brazil’s new forest bill has been front-page news over the past few months – during (and even after) the run-up to President Dilma Rousseff’s decision on whether or not to veto the controversial bill. As things stand right now, President Rousseff has vetoed 12 articles and made several alterations in the bill. This piece of […]