Canadian Groups Respond to Canada’s Bad Faith and Blocking Role at Rio+20

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Canadian Groups Respond to Canada’s Bad Faith and Blocking Role at Rio+20

Rio de Janeiro/Ottawa – Following his statement to Canadian and international media and his address …

At Rio+20, We’re all Missing the Point

Representatives from more than 150 nations gathered in Rio de Janeiro the week of June 21 for Rio+20, also known as United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. There’s lots of …

Rio+20 protesters perform ‘ritual rip-up’ of negotiated text

Anger rises at Rio Earth summit, as raucous demo focuses on Future We Want text that ‘moves us forward by inches’

Protest erupted in the Rio+20 conference centre on Thursday …

48 Hours left: Save Rio, Save the Planet

143,013 have signed the petition. Together let’s reach 500,000

Over a million people have called on world leaders to end fossil fuel subsidies at the Rio Earth Summit — a

Canadian Civil Society Responds to Rio+20 Final Text


Highlight lack of ambition and call out Canada as major obstructor at Rio+20

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Canadian civil society groups issued joint statements in reaction to Canada and …