Climate | Sustainable Development
Here you will find articles on international and Swiss climate policy, and on sustainable development in general.
Reservations about the Green economy
Twenty years after the Earth Summit in Rio, Brazil is again playing host to UN Member States and Heads of Government in the metropolis beside Sugar Loaf Mountain. It is hoped that next June's «Rio+20» meeting will give fresh impetus to sustainable development. Success in that regard will depend on the future willingness of the North to share the limited resources fairly with the South. ...>>
Durban: another round in the climate dance
Yet another UN climate conference will take place at the end of November in Durban, South Africa. It is the last chance to seamlessly replace the Kyoto Protocol – which expires in 2012 – with a follow-up protocol. ...>>
«Sustainable development»: Two lost decades
The UN Rio+20 conference takes place in May 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. Twenty years on from the first Earth Summit on Environment and Development, it will be seen whether the international community will eventually find the path of sustainable development despite two lost decades. What is needed is a post-growth economy. ...>>
Rosmarie Bär: a sustainable committment
Rosmarie Bär, our colleague and long-time political companion, retires at the end of this year. ...>>
Pinning hopes to the green economy
For two years now the «green economy» has been the subject of international debates. It is expected to help overcome the current economic and climate crisis. The green economy will also be at the heart of the 2012 UN «Rio+20 Summit», which will build on the 1992 Earth Summit. At that time the concept of «sustainable development» found its place in the lexicon of politics and economics. Yet this has had no major impact, as is now being demonstrated by the twofold crisis. Will the «green economy» yield more in the future? ...>>
