1. Monday, 18 June 2012
United Nations Conference on
Sustainable Development
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
List of side events (in English only)
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Monday, 18 June 2012
9:00 to 10:30 Innovative field actions as leverage for change (Institut Veolia Environnement) (Room
T-1)
9:30 to 11:00 The Spirituality and Ethics of Water (United Religions Iniative (URI)) (Room P3-2)
9:30 to 11:00 Building a Global Registry: Global GHG reporting and standards (Innovation Center for
Energy and Transportation (iCET)) (Room T-3)
9:30 to 11:00 Fair Ideas: Sharing solutions for a sustainable planet (International Institute for
Environment and Development (IIED)) (Room T-9)
9:30 to 11:00 Aligned Awareness and Action for the Future We Want (Brahma Kumaris World
Spiritual University) (Room T-4)
9:30 to 11:00 Message from Asian NGO Network on ESD (ANNE): Role of NGOs in Empowering
the Local Community for Sustainable Development (Japan Council on the UN Decade
of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD-J)) (Room T-5)
9:30 to 11:00 Achieving Sustainable Development through Solidarity Economy (Caritas
Internationalis) (Room T-2)
9:30 to 11:00 Mountain knowledge solutions for sustainable green economy and improved water,
food, energy, and environment nexus (International Centre for Integrated Mountain
Development (ICIMOD)) (Room P3-6)
9:30 to 11:00 Communitarian forest management to assure Sustainable Development (Consejo Civil
Mexicano para la Silvicultura Sostenible (CCMSS)) (Room T-10)
9:30 to 11:00 Food, sustainability and global democracy: challenges and perspectives (World Forum
of Civil Society Forum - UBUNTU) (Room T-8)
9:30 to 11:00 ISO International Standards and Green Economy (International Organization for
Standardization (ISO)) (Room T-6)
9:30 to 21:00 Open Dialogue on The Future We Choose (Brazil) (Room P3-1)
10:15 to 11:45 Governance for Sustainable Development: Key Messages from the Americas
(Organization of American States) (Room P3-3)
11:00 to 19:00 Global Bioenergy Partnership Seminar (Global Bioenergy Partnership) (Room P3-4)
11:00 to 12:30 Boosting renewable energy in Brazil (Instituto IDEAL- Instituto para o
Desenvolvimento de Energias Alternativas na America Latina) (Room UN2 (Barra
Arena))
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2. List of side events Monday, 18 June 2012
11:00 to 12:30 RIO 2012: Sustainable Development Out of the Age of Innocence (Centre International
de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Developpement (CIRED)) (Room UN5 (Barra
Arena))
11:00 to 12:30 Forum Empresarial RIO+20 ( Brazilian Business Forum RIO+20) (Forum Empresarial
RIO+20 (Brazilian Forum Empresarial)) (Room UN4 (Barra Arena))
11:30 to 13:00 Beyond Rio+20: A Global Youth Movement for Sustainable Development (European
Students' Forum (AEGEE)) (Room T-4)
11:30 to 13:00 Advancing Sustainability through Communication and Collaboration (University of
Colorado) (Room T-9)
11:30 to 13:00 RIO Panel on Humanity & Environment = Our World's Resources (Global Campaign
for Climate Action (GCCA)) (Room T-3)
11:30 to 13:00 Implications of the triple disaster in Japan in a post-Rio+20 world (Institute for Global
Environmental Strategies) (Room T-6)
11:30 to 13:00 Entrepreneurship Forum on Green Business Opportunities (United Nations Association
of China) (Room T-10)
11:30 to 13:00 Dublin Rio Principles, where do we stand, what lessons learned (Global Water
Partnership (GWP)) (Room P3-6)
11:30 to 13:00 The Sustainable and Just City (Ford Foundation) (Room T-2)
11:30 to 13:00 Sustainability Revisited: Population, Reproductive Health & the Planet (Aspen
Institute) (Room P3-8)
11:30 to 13:00 Review of China's Sustainable Development 1992 - 2011: A perspective from Chinese
civil society (China Association for NGO Cooperation) (Room T-8)
11:30 to 13:00 The Impact of New Technologies and ICTs on Sustainable Development (Global
Alliance for ICT and Development GAID/OICT) (Room T-5)
12:00 to 13:30 Securing Food, Water and Energy in the World's Most Valued Ecoregions (Worldwide
Fund for Nature) (Room P3-3)
13:15 to 14:45 Healthy Women, Healthy Planet: Women's Empowerment, Reproductive Healt
(Population Action International) (Room UN2 (Barra Arena))
13:15 to 14:45 Incorporating Biodiversity into Business - cases in Brazil (Brazilian Biodiversity Fund
(institution Funbio)) (Room UN5 (Barra Arena))
13:30 to 15:00 Fertile Soil for our Future: nourish our people - nurture our planet (Biovision
Foundation for ecological Development) (Room T-2)
13:30 to 15:00 Sustainable Agriculture and Food; First for Sustainable Development (Public Advocacy
Initiatives for Rights and Values in India (PAIRVI)) (Room T-8)
13:30 to 15:00 Promoting a Green Economy in Africa, LDCs, SIDS and LLDCS/Challenges/O (Office
of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA)) (Room T-3)
13:30 to 15:00 Renewable Energy Use in Rural Isolated Communities (Bolivia (Plurinational State of))
(Room P3-6)
13:30 to 15:00 Mainstreaming BioDiversity for a Sustainable Future (Canadian Environmental
Network) (Room T-9)
13:30 to 15:00 Disarmament for Development (International Peace Bureau) (Room T-6)
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3. List of side events Monday, 18 June 2012
13:30 to 15:00 LP Gas: An exceptional energy for improving health and development (World LP Gas
Association (WLPGA)) (Room P3-2)
13:30 to 15:00 Energy for all; Equity as fundamental goal (Ambedkar Education Society-All India
Foundation of Human Rights and Social Justice) (Room T-4)
13:30 to 15:00 The Economics of Low Carbon Cities (Centre for Low Carbon Futures) (Room T-10)
13:30 to 15:00 Panel sobre la Experiencia de Recuperacion y Conservacion de la Cobertura Boscosa
en Centro America y Republica Dominicana: Caso de la Republica Dominicana
(Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales - National Environmental Office)
(Room T-7)
13:30 to 15:00 Space Observations in support to the Rio Conventions (European Space Agency) (Room
T-5)
13:30 to 15:00 Promote Adaptation by Reducing Vulnerability and Increasing Resilience (ActionAid
International) (Room P3-8)
15:30 to 17:00 Legal Preparedness for the Green Economy (International Law on Sustainable
Development Partnership (IDLO)) (Room P3-2)
15:30 to 17:00 Peasants Reclaiming our Future with Food Sovereignty and Agroecology (La Via
Campesina - International Peasant Movement) (Room T-2)
15:30 to 17:00 Role of EESD in Transition to a Green Economy - from Tbilisi to Rio+20 (Georgia)
(Room P3-8)
15:30 to 17:00 Inadequate Planning: Challenges on the Andean Amazon (Peruvian Society for
Environmental Law - (Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental - SPDA)) (Room T-11)
15:30 to 17:00 Food and the City (World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)) (Room T-4)
15:30 to 17:00 Gender, Water and Preparing for Climate Change: Implications for Food, Health and
Human Rights (International Women's Anthropology Conference (IWAC)) (Room UN3
(Barra Arena))
15:30 to 17:00 Consumer Voices at Rio+20 (Idec - Brazilian Institute for Consumer Defense) (Room T-
10)
15:30 to 17:00 Phasing-out fossil fuel subsides: what is at stake and why now? (Natural Resources
Defense Council (NRDC)) (Room T-6)
15:30 to 17:00 Analysing REDD+: challenges and choices (Center for International Forestry Research
(CIFOR)) (Room T-9)
15:30 to 17:00 Expanding Energy Access to Achieve Sustainable Energy For All (United Nations
Foundation (UNF)) (Room P3-6)
15:30 to 17:00 The DESERTEC Concept - Energy Security, Sustainability and Development
(DESERTEC Foundation) (Room T-5)
15:30 to 17:00 The Rainforest Standard: Integrating Social, Environmental, and Econom (Red de Fondos
Ambientales de Latinoamerica y el Caribe (Redlac)) (Room T-3)
15:30 to 17:00 Empowering Youth Leadership for a Sustainable Future (Academy for Future Science)
(Room T-8)
15:30 to 17:00 Indigenous peoples: food security, climate changes and sustainability (State University of
Campinas) (Room UN2 (Barra Arena))
15:45 to 17:15 Spurring Private Sector Investment in Energy Efficient Buildings (U.S. Green Building
Council) (Room P3-3)
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4. List of side events Monday, 18 June 2012
17:30 to 19:00 Sustainable Energy, Food, Water & Oceans (International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA)) (Room P3-3)
17:30 to 19:00 Launching the Building Block on Climate Change Financing (Honduras) (Room T-8)
17:30 to 19:00 The economy of climate change and international negotiations (The Planetworkshops)
(Room P3-6)
17:30 to 19:00 World Agricultural Heritage Systems: towards a sustainable development (People's
Commission on Environment and Development (PCEDI)) (Room T-2)
17:30 to 19:00 Indigenous Peoples' and Community Conserved Territories and Areas (ICCAs) - a force
against destructive development and for the (ICCA Consortium) (Room T-4)
17:30 to 19:00 Towards and beyond Rio+20: Delivering Sustainable Development at the Regional Level
(Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)) (Room T-9)
17:30 to 19:00 Tools for Data Collection and Mapping: the Ground to the Cloud Story (Google Earth
Outreach) (Room UN2 (Barra Arena))
17:30 to 19:00 The Green Power Fund: Carbon Negative Tech for Sustainable Development (Columbia
Earth Institute) (Room T-5)
17:30 to 19:00 The Business of Innovating: Bringing Low-Carbon Solutions to Market (Center for
Climate and Energy Solutions) (Room T-11)
17:30 to 19:00 Complex Institutional Frameworks for Sustainability (Yale School) (Room T-3)
17:30 to 19:00 The Global Energy Assessment - the science to transform energy systems (International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)) (Room T-6)
17:30 to 19:00 Sustainable Development: Juggling Gender Justice in the Three Pillars (Development
Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)) (Room T-10)
17:30 to 19:00 Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development: Chinese NGOs in Action (China NGO
Network for International Exchanges (CNIE)) (Room P3-8)
19:30 to 21:00 Scalable Solutions - Managing water for economies, communities and nature (WWF
International) (Room T-3)
19:30 to 21:00 Green Growth? The Future They Want! (Korean Federation for Environmental Movement
(KFEM)) (Room T-10)
19:30 to 21:00 Low Carbon Strategies; Challenge or Opportunity for Developing Countries (Social
Service Agency of the Protestant Church) (Room P3-6)
19:30 to 21:00 Students Speak Up for the Polar Regions (Students on Ice Alumni Delegation) (Room T-
4)
19:30 to 21:00 Reframing environmental negotiations to create opportunities (Tufts Institute of the
Environment) (Room T-7)
19:30 to 21:00 Sustainable Development and Indigenous Peoples Rights (Society for Threatened Peoples
- Switzerland) (Room T-6)
19:30 to 21:00 IFSD put into Practice: Setting up a Sustainable Development Council (Global Issues
Division of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)) (Room T-
5)
19:30 to 21:00 Voices from Fukushima: Sharing Lessons for Global Sustainability (Peace Boat) (Room
T-2)
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5. List of side events Monday, 18 June 2012
19:30 to 21:00 Mediterranean Forests for Development: a key for adapting policies, territories and
societies to climate change in the Middle East North African region (Deutsche
Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)) (Room T-9)
19:30 to 21:00 Wind Power and Climate Change: Sustainable Development in Brazil (Junior Chamber
International (JCI)) (Room T-11)
19:30 to 21:00 Aiming higher, unlocking tertiary education's potential for SD (Australasian Campuses
Towards Sustainability (ACTS)) (Room T-8)
19:30 to 21:00 Buen Vivir and Human Rights in the Face of REDD+ (Indian Law Resource Center)
(Room P3-2)
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