Diaryofeventsweb

Running ‘Round
Rio+20
Draft Diary as of 22 May
If we have ommitted your event, or you see your event and wish to make an
amendment (including naming your prominent speakers), please contact:
Elena Denaro (edenaro@stakeholderforum.org)

This diary of events was compiled by Stakeholder Forum. The
information was principally sourced from the official Rio+20
website (www.uncsd2012.org) but also from various other
initiative specific websites.
For this, we would like to give a special thanks to the UNCSD
Secretariat.
Welcome to Rio!
And welcome to ‘Running ‘Round Rio+20’! Think of this
Diary as a pocket-guide to all the unofficial side events hap-
pening in Rio de Janeiro this June outside RioCentro.
There is so much going on around Rio+20 that it’s hard enou-
gh even just to coordinate getting from one event to the next
- so Stakeholder Forum decided to try and help you make
sense of it all. In this booklet you will find all the unofficial
events (those that are happening outside RioCentro). For
every event, we’ve tried to get a hold of the date, time, venue
and a blurb of what each event will consist of (although there
are still a few TBC, so please bear with us!).
But this booklet is far more that just a mere Diary - if you
flip to the end you’ll find a list relevant exhibitions, a list of
useful resources and publications, a photobook of the Major
Group Representatives, and a Photobook of our Stakeholder
Forum staff who’ll be with you in Rio. (This draft is currenly
a work in progress, so a lot of this will be missing at this sta-
ge unfortunately! But it will be up soon!)
Remember to check out the Official Side Events on the
UNSCD website! (http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/mee-
tings_sidevents.html)
You can find an electronic version of this booklet at: http://
www.stakeholderforum.org/fileadmin/files/diaryofevent-
sweb.pdf if you want to try and be papersmart!

DATE TITLE VENUE ORGANISERS THEMES WEBSITE/CONTACT
Mon 4 - Wed
13 June
6th World Youth
Congress
Sitio das Pedras Peace Child International
The World Youth Congress (WYC) is a biennial gathering of
young activists from all over the world who are focused on
expanding the role of youth in sustainable development. The
WYC is not just a conference, It is a festival, a fun and mufti-
faceted series of training courses, an advocacy exercise for
youth-led development, a hands-on series of action projects
with local people and many other things besides. To see the
programme visit: http://wycrio2012.org/?page_id=66
wycrio2012.org
Tue 5 June
World
Environement Day
TBC UNEP
World Environment Day is an annual event that is aimed at
being the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for
positive environmental action. The 2012 theme for World
Environment Day is Green Economy: Does it include you? and is
hosted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
www.hqweb.unep.org/wed
Tue 5 June
Launch of UNEP
Global
Environment
Outlook (GEO-5)
Report
TBC UNEP
The 5th edition, GEO-5, will be launched in time for Rio+20.
GEO-5 has been developed by qualified teams of scientists
around the world and covers important environmental issues
such as atmosphere, biodiversity, land, and other challenges
in the earth system. It identifies regional priorities, and
suggests global responses for moving towards sustainability
www.unep.org/geo/
Tue 5 - Wed 6
June
World Symposium
on Sustainable
Development at
Universities
(WSSD-U-2012)
TBC
Research and Transfer
Centre “Applications of
Life Sciences”, Hamburg
University of Applied
Sciences, London
Metropolitan University.
Support from: RCE
Hamburg and Region.
The aims of the “World Symposium on Sustainable Development
at Universities” (WSSD-U-2012) are:
1. to provide universities across the world with an opportunity to
display and present their works relating to education for
sustainable development at university level;
2. to foster the exchange of information, ideas and experiences
acquired in the execution of projects, from successful initiatives
and good practice;
3. to discuss methodological approaches and projects which
aim to integrate the topic of sustainable development in the
curriculum of universities;
4. to network the participants and provide a platform so they
can explore possibilities for cooperation;
5. to document and disseminate the wealth of experiences
available today.
www.haw-
hamburg.de/en/ftz-
als/veranstaltungen/world-
symposium-on-sustainable-
development-at-
universities-wssd-u-
2012.html

Thurs 7 - Tue
12 June
Youth Blast –
Conference of
Youth for Rio +20
TBC
Major Group for Children
and Youth Major Group
The overall aim of the Youth Blast is to empower young
people to effectively participate through the MGCY in its
engagement with Rio+20 and its processes. Within this, there
are three areas of focus: (i) Build capacity amongst young
people to effectively participate in the formal and informal
processes of Rio+20; (ii) Strategise for MGCY engagement
in the official process of Rio+20; and (iii) Plan for a post-
Rio+20 agenda that incorporates the implementation of the
outcomes of Rio+20
The event will be divided into two sections; Brazilian Days (7-9
June) aimed at supporting and strengthening the host country
youth movement, and International Days (10-12 June) aimed at
bringing together Brazilian and International Youth to prepare
for Rio+20.
uncsdchildrenyouth.org/rio
20/youth-blast/
Mon 11 - Tue
12 June
TEDxRio+20
Forte de
Copacabana
TEDxRio+20
This independently organised TEDxRio event will unite thinkers
of diverse areas of knowledge in order to understand and
analyze HUMAN POWER, a force with great capacity to
destroy, maintain, and above all, to construct a new planet
and a new way of life.
en.tedxrio20.com/
Tue 11 - Thurs
13 June
II Trade Union
Assembly on
Labour and
Environment
TBC
Workers & Trade Unions
Major Group, ITUC and
Sustainlabour (support
from UNEP and others)
Issues to be discussed from a labour justice perspective are
climate change, chemicals, natural resources (i.e. water, energy,
food), and collective bargaining on environment.
www.sustainlabour.org/not
icia.php?lang=EN&idnotici
a=376
Mon 11 - Fri
15 June
Forum on Science,
Technology and
Innovation for
Sustainable
Development
Pontifical
Catholic
University
International Council for
Science
Interdisciplinary scientific discussions, and dialogues between
scientists, policy-makers, Major Groups and other stakeholders
www.icsu.org/rio20/scienc
e-and-technology-forum
Mon 11 - Fri
22 June (tbc)
Forum on Social
Entrepreneurship
and the New
Economy
Copacabana
Fort
4 main partners: Roberto
Maurinho Foundation
(RMF), City Hall, Sao
Paulo Business Federation,
Rio Business Federation.
The objectives of the forum will be:
• to give visibility/showcase entrepreneurs and how they
impact on the new economy
• to provide an opportunity for entrepreneurs to show projects
to social investors and provide a space for debate around the
new economy
andrea.margit@frm.org.br

Tue 12 - Wed
23 June
Student Reporter
coaching
programme
TBC Oikos
oikos invites business and economics students (Bachelor to PhD)
from around the world to take part in the Student Reporter
coaching programme and live blogging at the Rio+20 UN
Summit in Rio-Brazil. The programme includes a full fledged
training programme including social media expert coaches,
experienced programme alumni assistance, and an international
project lead.
www.studentreporter.org/
apply-for-rio20
Tue 12 - Thurs
14 June
ICLEI Urban
Nature
Conference
Belo Horizonte,
Brazil
ICLEI
Urban Nature is a conference series focusing on Urban
Biodiversity and Food Security. The International Urban
Researchers’ Symposium on local sustainability will be
integrated into the main congress program, providing
opportunities for participants to interact directly with
researchers to jointly identify research needs and to share
interesting local case study examples.
worldcongress2012.iclei.org/ur
ban-nature.html
Wed 13 - Fri
15 June
Global and
Regional Research
on Sustainable
Consumption and
Production:
Achievements,
Challenges, and
Dialogues
TBC
Global Research Forum on
Sustainable Consumption
and Production
This workshop will focus on the production of sustainable
consumption and production (SCP) research, as well as its
communication and application in practice. It will bring this
research together through review papers from various
perspectives, make it available to practitioners and the wider
public, including participants at the UN Conference on
Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), and promote
support for new research based on practitioners’ research
needs. The workshop is by invitation only.
grfscp.wordpress.com
Wed 13 - Fri
15 June
3rd Preparatory
Committee
Meeting
RioCentro UNCSD www.uncsd2012.org/
Wed 13 - Fri
22 June
SD-learning TBC UNCSD
SD-Learning is a capacity building event consisting of multiple
courses on crucial aspects of sustainable development. The
courses aim at providing participants with practical knowledge
and hands-on training from experts around the world.
www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/ind
ex.php?page=view&type=13&
nr=472&menu=46
Thurs 14 June
Transboundary
Waters, Climate
Change and Good
Governance
TBC WWF (and others TBC)
The event will focus on recognizing those countries that have
recently ratified the UN Watercourses Convention and those
that are making commitments to ratify by the end of the year.
Meg.Patterson@wwfus.org
Thur 14 - Fri
15 June
The Global Forum
for Responsible
Management
Education
PRME
Secretariat of
the UN Global
Compact Office
Windsor Barra Hotel
Official platform for management-related Higher Education
Institutions (HEIs) to inform the proceedings and outcomes
of two conferences - the Global Compact Rio+20 Corporate
Sustainability Forum and the historic global UN Conference on
Sustainable Development - Rio+20.
www.unprme.org/global-
forum/index.php

Thurs 14 -
Mon 18 June
ICLEI World
Congress 2012
Belo Horizonte,
Brazil
ICLEI
The Congress will deal with the pressing issues facing urban
areas in this unpredictable era of change. It will bring ICLEI
Members, partners, global strategists, academics and NGOs
together. Participants will learn from inspirational speakers and
real-life city cases about cutting-edge integrated solutions
to the challenges we face. Closely linked to the UN Rio+20
conference, the ICLEI World Congress 2012 will chart the way
forward for local governments and their partners to a more
sustainable and prosperous future.
www.iclei.org/worldcongress2
012
Thurs 14 - Fri
22 June
Rio Conventions
Pavilion at Rio+20
Athlete’s Park
Rio Conventions (UNFCCC,
UNCCD and CBD), the
Global Environment
Facility (GEF), and 25
other international,
national and local partners
The Rio Conventions Pavilion at Rio+20 is a collaborative
outreach activity. It aims to promote and strengthen
synergies between the Rio Conventions at implementation
levels by providing a coordinated platform for awareness-
raising and information-sharing about the linkages in
science, policy and practice between biodiversity, climate
change and combating desertification/land degradation.
www.riopavilion.org/rio/
Thurs 14 - Fri
22 June
Women Rio+20
Good Practice
Award ceremony
in Rio de Janeiro
RioCentro
Sponsor: GIZ (German
Agency for International
Cooperation). Organisers:
WECF (Women in Europe
for a Common Future),
UNEP, the Network of
Women Ministers and
Leaders of the
Environment and the
Women’s Major Group
core members VAM,
WEDO, ENERGIA, DAWN
and Global Forest
Coalition.
Five awards of 1,000 USD each will be presented at a festive
ceremony during the UN Rio+20 summit 20 – 22 June 2012, in
Brazil. Members of the Network of Women Ministers and Leaders
for the Environment (NWMLE) will present the awards.
www.wecf.eu/english/articles/2
012/05/award-rioplus20.php
Fri 15 June
10:00 - 17:00
Forum Empresarial
RIO+20 (Brazilian
Business Forum
RIO+20)
Planetário da
Gávea
Fórum Empresarial
Rio+20
Forum aims to discuss issues of Green Economy and Social
Governance with companies, local governments and civil
society.
www.forumriomais20.com.br/i
ndex.php/quem-somos/forum-
empresarial-rio20

Fri 15 June
13:15 - 14:45
Impacts of Plastics
on the
Environment and
the Health of
Women and
Children
TBC Voices of African Mothers
The health impact of plastics on women and children around
the globe
nr=670&menu=46
Fri 15 June
AICESIS side
event
TBC
AICESIS and the Brazilian
CDES
This side event will consist of a presentation of the working
group report and a debate between AICESIS members and
many high-level guests.
Fri 15 - Sat 16
June
Peoples’ Meetings
on Ecological Debt,
Climate Change,
and Vale
Aterro do
Flamengo
Brazilian Civil Society
Facilitating committee
As part of the Peoples’ Summit, there will be a plenary on
Reparations of Ecological Debt, and a Meeting of Peoples
Affected by Climate Change. In parallel there will be a Third
International Meeting of Peoples Affected by Vale
cupuladospovos.org.br/en/
Fri 15 - Sun
17 June
World Summit of
Legislatures
TBC GLOBE international
The Summit will seek to place national legislation, natural
capital and scrutiny at the heart of implementing the Rio
agenda
http://www.globeinternational.i
nfo/world-summit-of-
legislators/
Fri 15 - Sun
17 June
World Meeting of
Environmental
Lawyers
Jardin
Botanique de
Rio de Janeiro
International Centre of
Comparative
Environmental Law
(C.I.D.C.E.)
Presentation of all gaps in environmental law and proposals
for new commitments and new environmental law conventions
www.cidce.org
Fri 15 - Sun
17 June
3rd International
Urban
Researchers’
Symposium on
local sustainability
Belo Horizonte,
Brazil
ICLEI
The symposium will be integrated into the main congress
program, providing opportunities for participants to interact
directly with researchers to jointly identify research needs
and to share interesting local case study examples.
http://worldcongress2012.iclei.
org/researchers-symposium/
Fri 15 - Mon
18 June
Rio+20 Corporate
Sustainability
Forum: Innovation
and Collaboration
for the Future We
Want
Windsor Barra
Hotel
United Nations Global
Compact
The forum’s objective is to bring greater scale and quality to
corporate sustainability practices
www.compact4rio.org

Fri 15 - Sat 23
June
People’s Summit
for Social and
Environmental
Justice
Aterro do
Flamengo
To meet the challenges of the systemic crisis, the People’s
Summit will not only be a great event. It is part of a historical
process of accumulation and convergence of local, regional and
global struggles, that have anti-capitalist, classist, anti-racist,
anti-patriarchal and anti-homophobic political frames.
We want to transform Rio+20 in a moment of opportunity to
address the serious problems that humanity is facing and
demonstrate the political power of organized people. ”Come
reinvent the world” is our call and our invitation for the
participation of the organizations and social movements in Brazil
and in the world.
Sat 16 June
09:00 - 18:00
Responsible Mining
in Megadiverse
Countries
RioCentro Major Groups
Through the development of four different subject panels, the
forum will foster a space for respectful discussion and debate
about how to do mining responsibly in megadiverse countries.
The subject panels proposed here will cover issues of regional
sustainability, environmental standards for the mining
industry, economic linkages to bind sustainable development,
and policy for responsible mining
nr=676&menu=46
Sat 16 June
10:00 - 19:00
The Oceans Day at
Rio+20:
Advancing Oceans
and Coasts at
Rio+20 and
Beyond
Rio Conventions
Pavillion
Global Ocean Forum
The Oceans Day at Rio+20 will bring together high-level
representatives from governments, international organizations,
nongovernmental organizations, industry, and the science
community to: 1. Provide perspectives on the ocean outcomes
of the Rio+20 Conference; 2. Showcase major funded
initiatives to spur action on oceans, coasts, and small island
developing States in the post-Rio+20 world; and 3. Consider the
opportunities and challenges for implementation of the
“oceans package” emanating from the Rio+20 Conference.
www.globaloceans.org/content
/rio20
Sat 16 June
11:00 - 15:00
World Summit on
Green Tourism
and Creative
Economy
Planetarium of
Rio de Janeiro
TBC
nr=890&menu=46
Sat 16 June
Seminar on
Sustainable
Communities
Clube de
Engenharia
Av. Rio Branco
124 – 20º floor
UNESCO, World
Federation of Engineering
Organizations & the World
Bank
This one-day seminar will provide practitioners, policy-makers
and decision-makers involved in the planning, operation
and management of communities the opportunity to learn
world-leading best practices towards achieving a sustainable
community.

Sat 16 June
Field excursion:
'Returning to our
roots'
TBC
European Environment
Agency
A restricted event with 20–30 participants will bring together
some of the world's leading chefs and various thought-leaders to
explore ways of protecting biodiversity, while preserving
and developing flavours and culinary methods for a new
type of cuisine.
www.eea.europa.eu/about-
us/what/public-
events/returning-to-our-roots
Sat 16 - Sun
17 June
Fair ideas:
Solutions for a
sustainable planet
Pontifíca
Universidade
Católica
IIED
Fair ideas will open up a space for researchers and
practitioners working for a greener, fairer world to add
important knowledge, experience and momentum to the
official summit
iied.org/governance/key-
issues/strategic-planning/fair-
ideas-solutions-for-
sustainable-planet
Sat 16 - Mon
18 June
Indigenous
Peoples Global
Conference on
Sustainable, Self-
Determined
Development
TBC
Indigenous Peoples Global
Steering Committee
www.tebtebba.org/index.php/c
ontent/207-ip-global-
conference-and-pavilion-in-
rio20
Sat 16 - Tue
19 June
Sustainable
Development
Dialogues with
Civil Society
RioCentro
UNCSD, Brazilian
Government
Top representatives from civil society, including private sector,
NGOs, scientific community, among other major groups, will
convene to engage in an open and action-oriented debate on
key topics related to sustainable development. There will be no
participation of Governments or UN agencies. The
recommendations emanating from the Dialogues will be
conveyed directly to the Heads of State and Government
present at the Summit.
www.rio20.gov.br/events/dialo
gos-da-sustentabilidade
Sat 16 - Tue
19 June
ISEE 2012
Conference -
Ecological
Economics and
Rio+20:
Challenges and
Contributions for a
Green Economy
Windsor
Guanabara
Palace Hotel
ISEE
ISEE 2012 will address UNCSD themes as well as other key
debates within ecological economics and environmental
policy
www.isee2012.org/
Sun 17 June
09:00 - 18:00
Local and regional
authorities' day for
a sustainable
development
TBC Major Groups
This special event will gather representatives from local, sub-
national, national and international levels to discuss existing
initiatives and possible collaboration between the different
levels of governance to ensure a sustainable development.
nr=601&menu=46
Sun 17 June
2012 World Day to
Combat
Desertification
Various UNCCD Secretariat
The 2012 celebration of World Day to Combat Desertification will
focus on the theme "Healthy soil sustains your life: LET’S
GO LAND-DEGRADATION NEUTRAL". The global observance
is planned to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
www.unccd.int/en/media-
center/Pages/CalendarDetail.
aspx?calID=24

Sun 17 June
Sustainable living
event: Symposium
on 'Sustaining
ourselves in the
future'
Leblon
Agency
A full-day event starting with a symposium for around 150
participants in Leblon, Rio de Janeiro with an agenda spanning
biodiversity, agriculture, sustainable production and
consumption, resource efficiency, resilience and socio-
economic issues related to youth.
us/what/public-
events/sustaining-ourselves-in-
the-future-symposium
Sun 17 June
Ocean in Google
Earth as an
Environmental
Educational Tool:
The Dominican
Perspective
T-9 RioCentro GFDD
GFDD will host a special presentation entitled “Tour of the DR”
which will highlight the Mission Blue program and how the
Ocean in Google Earth tool is being effectively used to raise
awareness and provide information on coastal and marine
sources using the example of the DR as a model for the
Caribbean and Latin American Region
www.globalfoundationdd.org/g
fdd/fulltext.asp?t=a&id=8308
Sun 17 June
Peoples Rio+20
Marches, Opening
March of the
People's Summit
Various
A march for the future and other activities will take place in
various communities around Rio de Janeiro. Events are also
planned in other parts of the world.
Sun 17 June
14:00-19:00
National SD
Councils
Rio Pavilion,
Athletes’ Park
nrg4SD
Sun 17 June
15:00-17:00
Innovative
Financing for
Green Building at
the City-Level
Espaço Arena
da Barra (ARN-
3)
USGBC & more
Buildings contribute on average to about 45% of cities’ carbon
emissions. The building-sector is one of the least cost low-
hanging fruit of emissions mitigation opportunities. Innovative
finance policies have been implemented in cities throughout the
world and are yielding significant results. This panel discussion
will feature experts with global perspectives of green building
policy and finance mechanisms. Through presentations and
targeted discussion, our speakers will explain the city-wide
Clean Development Mechanism Programme of Activities
currently under pilot in Amman, Jordan, the world’s first building-
sector emissions trading scheme successfully underway in
Tokyo, as well as select examples of the nearly 500 LEED Green
Building policies in U.S. states, counties and cities.
Sun 17 - Mon
18 June
nrg4SD General
Assembly
Palacio de
Guanabara,
Government
Palace of the
State of Rio de
Janeiro
nrg4SD
From 13 to 15 June; the nrg4SD Secretariat will take part in the
last UN preparatory meeting for the UN Rio +20 Conference.
Immediately after that and before the Conference itself, nrg4SD
will convene its annual statutory meetings - Steering Committee
and General Assembly - hold sessions of its working groups and
celebrate its 10th anniversary after its creation at the UN World
Summit of Johannesburg in 2002.

Sun 17 - Tue
19 June
World YMCA
Sustanible
Development
Dialogue
TBC Wolrd Alliance YMCA
A Capacity Building activity/Strategic Discussion for young
leaders two days prior Rio +20 for a maximum of 25
participants from outside of Rio de Janeiro.
Goals: (i) To prepare young leaders for a meaningful
participation at Rio+20; (ii) To share knowledge about some of
the current initiatives undertaken by YMCAs around the world
and previews of YMCA global initiatives, with special focus on
YMCA green initiatives; (iii) To provide inputs in how the YMCA
could engage more in Sustainable Development issues, link
and mobilize young people around the world.
www.ymca.int/newsroom/lates
t-news/our-ymca-is-not-
sending-delegates-to-rio-20-
what-can-i-do/
Sun 17 - Wed
20 June
World Congress on
Justice,
Governance and
Law for
Environmental
Sustainability
TBC UNEP
The World Congress will bring together Attorneys-General, Chief
Prosecutors, Auditors-General, Chief Justices, Senior Judges,
and other legal practitioners from around the world. The
purpose is to foster a common vision and principles among
key stakeholders on how to transform discussions into
action, and how to use justice, law and governance to
promote sustainable development through the outcomes of
Rio+20 and beyond.
www.unep.org/DELC/worldcon
gress/about.asp
Mon 18 June
09:00 - 18:00
UCLG Executive
Bureau
TBC UCLG
www.cities-
localgovernments.org/
Mon 18 June
11:30 - 13.00
Beyond Rio+20: A
Global Youth
Movement for
Sustainable
Development
T4, RioCentro
(capacity 216)
AEGEE, Global Shapers
Community, Euforia,
Green Young Economy,
Road to Rio+20, Major
Group for Children &
Youth, UNFPA
This event will discuss future scenarios both in terms of
priorities for the movement (e.g. SDGs, youth
unemployment, education) and form (through the Major Groups
or an independent alliance). Feedback will be sought from other
stakeholders, whose partnership will be fundamental in making
a long-term youth movement flourish, for a sustainable future.
Mon 18 June
Forests: The Heart
of a Green
Economy
Ribalta, Rio de
Janeiro
FAO, ICFPA, BRACELPA
role of forests and industry in fostering local livelihoods at
the resource base and enabling product transitions to low-
carbon bio-economy among consumers.
www.fao.org/forestry/trade/76
571/en/

Mon 18 June
Agriculture and
Rural Development
Day at Rio+20:
Lessons in
Sustainable
Landscapes and
Livelihoods
Sul America
Convention
Center
CGIAR, FAO, GFAR and
others
Do you believe in the importance of investing in an integrated
landscape approach that improves agricultural productivity
and rural livelihoods, while also addressing threats to forests,
water, and biodiversity? Then make plans to attend or follow
online Agriculture and Rural Development Day at Rio+20. The
purpose of the 4th Agriculture and Rural Development Day is to
ensure that the vision for a sustainable green economy includes
clear steps for building a sustainable food system.
www.agricultureday.org/
Mon 18 June
19:30 - 21:00
Students Speak Up
For The Polar
Regions
T-4 RioCentro
Students on Ice Alumni
Delegation to Rio + We
Canada Initiative & APECS
Brazil (Co-organisers)
Students Speak Up for the Polar Regions aims to educate
international decision-makers on the emerging challenges of
sustainable development in the polar regions. This event
will feature speakers from the Students on Alumni Delegation.
Members of this international youth delegation are united by the
rare privilege of having visited the Arctic and Antarctica. During
this event, delegates will share first-hand experiences of visiting
the poles to explore the importance of these regions to the
global environment. Nine key sustainable development
challenges facing the polar regions will be addressed, and
implementable solutions will be highlighted. Ultimately, the
connection between polar regions and Rio+20 will be made,
clearly answering how Rio+20 can address polar challenges. The
second half of the side event is a multi-stakeholder panel on
"Polar Sustainable Development: Required Leadership and
Solutions for the Next Decade" with notable experts from polar
science, policy, and governance. This event aims to catalyze
national delegations and civil society to commit to the
sustainable development and protection of the Arctic and
Antarctica.
www.soidelegation.com
Mon 18 - Tue
19 June
Peoples Permanent
Assembly
Aterro do
Flamengo
As part of the People’s Summit, there will be self-organized
activities and the first two days of a People’s Permanent
Assembly, which will reconvene on 21-22 June.

Mon 18 - Tue
19 June
UNITAR New York
Office collaborates
with IBM in Rio to
enhance
knowledge and
expertise in
forging sustainable
cities
TBC
UNITAR (New York Office),
IMB
Two intensive workshops on sustainable cities. The workshops’
agenda will draw upon the expertise from the United
Nations—including the Department of Economic and Social
Affairs (UNDESA), the United Nations Human Settlements
Programme (UN-HABITAT) and the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)—as well as top IBM Smarter Cities subject
matter experts. The workshops will be especially important for
city leaders, regional planners, economic development
professionals, finance administrators and national
government leaders that are focused on ensuring the
economic, social, and environmental sustainability of their urban
centers.
Please note that participation requires a priori liaising with the
UNITAR New York Office by 10 June, and only those
participants who have pre-registered can attend
(nyo@unitar.org, Tel (212) 963-9683). Attendance at each event
will be capped at 40 participants.
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Mon 18 - Fri
22 June
Rio+20 Global
Town Hall
Athlete's Park ICLEI
The Rio+20 Global Town Hall will be an inviting and open setting
where local leaders, the conference delegates, international
organizations, and business can meet up and discuss the urban
future. What does the world need to look like in 2030 and how
can urban areas become part of the solution to realize this? The
Rio+20 Global Town Hall will offer a rich program of
presentations, debates, seminars, and performances. The main
goal will be to highlight the experience and capacities of local
governments and work towards their utilization in the post
Rio+20 global sustainable development framework. The Rio+20
Global Town Hall will also serve as a communicative space
where actors from different sectors and levels can interact
and join forces. Only people who have pre-registered to the
conference (deadline 12 May) will be able to access it
(http://local2012.iclei.org/pre-registration/)
local2012.iclei.org/iclei-and-rio-
20/rio-20-global-town-hall/
Tue 19 June
08:00 - 20:00
BASD Business
Day
Windsor Barra
Hotel
BASD 2012
high-profile platform for the interaction between business
leaders and policy-makers with the theme: “Achieving
Scale”
basd2012.org/564/basd-2012-
business-day/

Tue 19 June
09:00 - 19:00
Aiming for a Food
Secure Future:
Think Global, Act
Local
Sheraton Rio
Hotel & Resort
Rome-based Agencies
(FAO, IFAD, WFP and
Bioversity International)
fighting hunger and malnutrition, reducing poverty and
enhancing the resilience and sustainability of production
systems and people’s livelihoods
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Tue 19 June
World Summit of
Federated States
and Regions
Athlete's Park
State of Rio de Janeiro,
nrg4SD, The Climate
Group and Regions-
United/FOGAR
The World Summit will bring together subnational governments
for around the Globe committed to sustainable development,
which will demonstrate how they are making sustainable
development happen on the ground in close partnership with all
other levels of government and the private sector. The World
Summit will launch a global declaration of commitments for
the green economy in the context of sustainable development
and poverty eradication at subnational level, under which
signatories will commit to specific targets and initiatives
within the economic, environmental and social dimensions of
sustainable development. The World Summit and the coalition
are open to any Federated States, Regions, Provinces and other
subnational governments committed to sustainable development
in their respective territories.
www.nrg4sd.org/news/save-
date-world-summit-states-and-
regions-2012
Tue 19 June
Choosing Our
Future: Open and
Participatory
Sustainable
Development
Governance
Fundação
Getulio Vargas,
Praia de
Botafogo, 190
UNEP, Stakeholder Forum,
EEA, World Resource
Institute, Access
Initiative, Unitar,
Inspection Panel, REC,
FGV, World Future Council,
INECE, Article 19
On June 19th, governments, civil society groups, and
intergovernmental organizations will meet to assess progress
and advance proposals to move Principle 10 into its next
generation of reforms. Workshops will give citizens and their
governments the opportunities to share innovations and
challenges as they identify next steps in citizen engagement
in decision-making
www.accessinitiative.org/choo
sefuture
Tue 19 June Rio+Social TBC
United Nations
Foundation, Mashable,
and 92nd Street Y.
Rio+Social promises to be one of the most important
gatherings of technology, social media and global leaders
in the history of South America. This global conversation,
focusing on topics related to #SocialGood and how new
media can help foster positive solutions to the world’s
biggest problems, comes at a time when the world gathers to
discuss issues that affect us all.
rioplussocial.com.br/en/

Tue 19 June
Global Climate
Coalition Student
Workshop
Fundação
Getulio Vargas
Yale University, Fundação
Getulio Vargas, University
of Massachusetts Boston
A groundbreaking collaborative workshop, that will offer
teams of university students from around the world the
opportunity to idea-share and collaborate on how to tackle
sustainability issues on their campuses. Student teams are
invited to submit proposals for ambitious-yet-achievable
campus-based projects. Two or three student representatives
from selected projects will then be invited to attend a half-day
workshop in Rio, during which the students will engage in peer-
review and receive feedback from practitioners and officials
attending Rio+20. Students will subsequently share ideas and
best practices throughout the process of implementing their
projects on a web-based forum provided by Yale
www.environmentalgovernanc
e.org/event/2012/03/yale-
partners-with-fundacao-getulio-
vargas-and-umass-boston-for-
rio-2012-event/
Tue 19 June
Forests: The 8th
Roundtable at
Rio+20
Royal Tulip
Hotel
Center for International
Forestry Research (CIFOR)
This Roundtable is based on the recognition that forests have
been largely excluded from most of the key discussions in the
preparations for Rio+20, despite making important contributions
toward solving many sustainable development challenges. The
event aims to ensure that forests remain high on the
agenda in 2012. Participants will discuss new research findings,
remaining knowledge gaps and the policy implications for
integrating forests into the solutions to several key challenges to
progress toward a green economy, namely: energy, water,
climate, food and income. CIFOR is a member of the
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
(CGIAR). Seats are LIMITED, so please Register online via the
website
www.cifor.org/events/rio20/8th-
roundtable-registration.html
Tue 19 June Water Day TBC
UNDP/UN Water / UN-
Habitat/UNEP/CBD/DESA/
UNW-DPAC
tbc
Tue 19 June
(evening)
World Business
and Development
Awards in support
of the Millennium
Development
Goals
TBC ICC/IBLF/UNDP
The World Business and Development Awards (WBDA) are the
first global business awards to recognize the crucial role of the
private sector, large and small, in implementing the
millennium goals. The spirit of the Awards lies in the pursuit of
innovative and productive core business practices to
sustainable development which help make the societies where
they operate better places to live and better places to work.
The 2012 Awards will be given explicitly to companies
delivering inclusive business models: sustainable,
commercially-viable business initiatives that expand access for
low-income people to goods and services, or improve their
livelihoods by engagement in value chains as direct employees,
suppliers or distributors, while also generating sales and profit
growth.

Tue 19 June
19:30 - 21:00
Oceans at Rio+20:
Toward
Implementation of
the Rio Ocean
Commitments
tentative: P3-A,
RioCentro
(capacity 100)
International Coastal and
Ocean Organization,
Secretariat of the Global
Ocean Forum
This side event will address perspectives of States, UN-agencies
and civil society on the Rio+20 oceans outcome and
voluntary commitments on oceans, and will report on the
outcomes of The Oceans Day at Rio+20 (June 16)
Miriam Balgos:
mbalgos@udel.edu
Tue 19 June -
Thurs 21 June
Women Leaders'
Forum: Multi-
stakeholder event
TBC UN Women
The Forum is envisaged as an inclusive, multi-stakeholder
and interactive Forum. It will reaffirm the criticality of gender
equality and women’s empowerment in the achievement of
sustainable development in its three dimensions: economic,
social and environmental protection
www.unwomen.org/wp-
content/uploads/2012/03/Rio+
20-
WomensLeadershipForum_en
.pdf
Tue 19 - Fri
22 June
Indigenous
Peoples' Pavilion
on Sustainable
Development
TBC
Indigenous Peoples Global
Steering Committee
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
(vicky@tebtebba.org)
Wed 20 June
09:00 - 10:30
One Planet, One
Ocean: Knowing
our Ocean,
Protecting our
Marine Treasures,
Empowering
Ocean Citizens
T-9 RioCentro
UNESCO and its
Intergovernmental
Oceanographic
Commission
The event will present and discuss a number of initiatives that
support the Rio+20 ocean targets leading to the sustainable
use of the ocean. The side event will be structured around three
inter--connected themes: (i) Knowledge for an improved
management of the Ocean; (ii) Protection of the natural and
cultural heritage of the ocean and coasts and the essential
services they provide to society; (iii) Empowerment of ocean
citizens and society.
Panel speakers include: Irina Bokova, (Director General,
UNESCO), Michel Jarraud, (Secretary General, World
Meteorological OrganizaSon - WMO), Etienne Bourgois,
(President of Tara Expeditions).
www.unesco.org/new/en/natur
al-sciences/ioc-oceans/priority-
areas/rio-20-ocean/
Wed 20 June
Sustainia100
Launch Event
Copacabana
Palace Hotel
Sustainia
The Sustainia consortium will hold a high-level event to launch
“Sustainia100” – a catalogue of sustainability best
practices. During this event, the Sustainia100 catalogue of
solutions will be presented to decision makers.
www.sustainia.me/
Wed 20 June
The World Green
Summit
Government of
Rio de Janeiro
Pavilion,
Olympics
Athlete’s Park
World Climate
Ltd and Climate Action
business, finance and government forum during the high-
level segment of the Rio+20 conference
worldgreensummit.org/

Wed 20 June
Day of Global
Action for Rio+20
Vila do
Autódromo
(starting point)
This is an International Day of Mobilization. Actions will take
place on the local, regional, national and global level. Major
demonstrations in Rio de Janeiro, in several cities of Brazil
and in the world, will express the peoples’ struggle against
the commoditisation of nature and in defence of the
commons. The march in Rio will leave from the community Vila
do Autódromo, a symbol of resistance.
Wed 20 June
EEA side event:
'Sharing
environmental
information in
action'
TBC
Agency
This side event will showcase examples of European progress
in the global sharing of environmental information. It will
also explain Europe's Shared Environmental Information
System (SEIS) and its principles and foundations. The global
promotion of access to information was a key element of
Principle 10 of the 1992 Rio Declaration.
us/what/public-events/eea-at-
the-rio-20-conference/eea-
side-event-sharing-
environmental
Wed 20 June
17:00 - 18:30
Denmark, South
Africa and Brazil
show the way:
Corporate Social
Responsibility and
Sustainability
Reporting create a
Green Economy
and Sustainable
Development
RioCentro
Stakeholder Forum (lead)
& GFI, The Government of
the Kingdom of Denmark
and The Government of
the Republic of South
Africa (co-hosts)
The event will focus on the topic of sustainability reporting
as a tool to advance a Green and Responsible Economy.
The Danish Prime Minister and the South African Minister of
Environment will testify that this is common and successful
practice in their countries. Achim Steiner will picture the broader
context.
The objective of the event will be to profile i) the role of
business and ensure accountability of the corporate sector, ii)
the importance of corporate sustainability reporting in
sustainable development policies, iii) the role of governments
as regulators with special emphasis on Denmark presenting
the results of its sustainability reporting policy and the South
African approach and iv) the strong multi-stakeholder
collaboration among the different Rio+20 actors
(Governments, CSOs and Private Sector).
Anna Beutling:
Beutling@globalreporting.org
Wed 20 - Fri
22 June
United Nations
Conference on
Sustainable
Development
RioCentro UNCSD
UNCSD Secretariat e-
mail:uncsd2012@un.org
Wed 20 - Fri
22 June
Partnerships
Forum at Rio+20
T-3 RioCentro TBC
The Forum will consist of highly dynamic and interactive
sessions to highlight the significant contributions of
partnerships to the implementation of sustainable
development.
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Wed 20 - Fri
22 June
Occupy Earth
Summit
TBC Occupy Green Spring
A Global Power Shift will happen as we occupy and reclaim our
future. One world is dying, and another is being born - let's tend
to both of them with compassion. We, the 99% of people, are
now connecting, collaborating and participating through a global
movement. We are Occupying and Innovating to define The
Future We Want. A global 'maker fare' will provide space for
presenting sustainability concepts. This year our Earth
Summit coincides with the United Nations Rio+20 conference,
and our voices will be heard globally. The 2nd reenactment of
Mock Rio+20 will also take place in real time with the UN Rio
event - we provide open source real time polling, voting and
collaboration.
occupytheearth.net/
Thurs 21 June
09:00
Environmental
auditing for better
environmental
governance
Room T-9
RioCentro
INTOSAI Working Group on 
Environmental Audi>ng
Side event focuses on the messages of public sector auditors
derived throughout years of work of Supreme Audit
Institutions about the factors hindering the progress of
national governments in their quest towards achieving solid
performance in sustainable development.
www.environmental-
auditing.org, info@wgea.org
Thurs 21 June
Women Leader's
Forum: High-Level
Summit
TBC UN Women
The culmination of the Women Leaders’ Forum will be a Summit
of women Heads of State and Government to be held on 21
June 2012. The Leaders are expected to make a “Call to
Action” to elevate women’s vital contribution to realizing
sustainable development as well as benefit from it. Their
agency, leadership, voice and participation is crucial to this call
and must therefore be fostered.
www.unwomen.org/wp-
content/uploads/2012/03/Rio+
20-
WomensLeadershipForum_en
.pdf
Thurs 21 June
Plasticity Forum
for the Rio Earth
Summit
Jockey Club -
Complexo
Victoria. Rua
Mário Ribeiro,
410 - Lagoa
Organisers: The Ocean
Recovery Alliance,
Republic of Everyone,
Applied Brilliance &
Metodo
Supporting partners:
UNEP, Clinton Foundation,
Google, NRDC, Business
for the Environment /
B4E, Earth Watch, Hub
Culture, MBA Polymers,
Plastics Industry
Development Center of
Taiwan, VISY
Plasticity will cover a variety of topics that touch on all aspects
of the Plastic's lifecycle from manufacture to recycling.
This one-day forum will be a unique, action and solutions
oriented event, with both public and private sectors, focused
on the opportunities that are presenting themselves in the world
of plastic and its role as a secondary raw material. Plasticity will
explore the innovations and solutions that leaders in their
respective industries and communities are undertaking to
ensure that plastic and used material is treated as a
resource, therefore minimising its impacts on our shared
global ecosystem.The intended outcome of the Forum is to
create a community of stakeholders, innovators and idea
generators that can help shape the future direction of
plastic use and re-use.
We expect key plastics decision-makers, influencers and
innovators, leaders and global decision-makers from the
corporate, NGO and government sectors, who have a vested
interest in plastics, to be interested in attending the event.
www.plasticityforum.com

Thurs 21 - Fri
22 June
Peoples Permanent
Assembly
Aterro do
Flamengo
As part of the People's Summit, the People’s Permanent
Assembly reconvenes. There will also be several other self-
organized activities on the side.
Fri 22 June
What Happens on
Monday?
Athlete’s Park Stakeholder Forum
How do we take the agreements of Rio+20 forward, both at
the national and international level?
Kirsty Schneeberger:
kirstys@stakeholderforum.org
Fri 22 June
Peoples Press
Conference on
Rio+20
TBC
This press conference in the end of the Rio+20 Summit will echo
of the peoples’ voices and opinions on the outcomes of the
UN conference and the way forward.
Mon 25 - Wed
27 June
2012 ICGN Annual
Conference
Hotel Sofitel,
Copacabana
International Corporate
Governance Network
(ICGN), hosted by
Brazilian Institute of
Corporate Governance
(IBGC)
The 2012 ICGN Annual Conference will take place 25 -27 June in
the beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the Hotel Sofitel Rio
de Janeiro Copacabana. This conference is hosted by the
Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC). To register
for this conference go to registration page (www.icgn.org/annual-
conference-info?view=Events)
www.icgn.org/

Publications
Stakeholder Forum publishes
this magazine daily during
negotiations.
“Only One Earth - The Long Road via
Rio to Sustainable Development”
By Felix Dodds and Michael Strauss with
Maurice F. Strong, published by Earth Scan,
will be released this
coming June.
For more information see http://bit.ly/on-
lyoneearth
“Climate Change and Energy Insecurity”
Edited by Felix Dodds, Richard Sherman and
Andrew Highman.
This book examines the interrelatedness of
climate and energy production as a security
issue. It hears from leading experts from
across science, business, practitioner, and
NGO communities to address the global in-
security and development challenges arising
from the twin thrust of climate change and
the energy supply crunch.
“Biodiversity and Ecosystem Insecuri-
ty: A Planet in Peril”
Produced by Stakeholder Forum and
edited by Ahmed Djoghlaf and Felix
Dodds.
The book provides an authoritative and
comprehensive assessment of the th-
reats presented to human security and
well-being by the loss of ecosystems and
biodiversity – recently confirmed as one
of the critical ‘planetary boundaries’ that
has already been exceeded.
“How to Lobby at Intergovernmental
Meetings”
Stakeholder Forum has gathered its exper-
tise into a helpful publication that helps to
demystify UN processes for individuals and
organisations who are looking to influen-
ce policy negotiations at an international
level.
Please remember to check out OUTREACH!
www.stakeholderforum.org/sf/outreach/

The Stakeholder Forum Team
Executive Director Designate
Georgie Harris
Project Officer
Felix Dodds
Executive Director
Farooq Ullah Jeannet Lingan
Senior Project Officer
Kirsty Schneeberger
Jack Cornforth
Project Officer
Tom Harrison
Project Officer
Matthew Reading-Smith
Project Officer
Amy Cutter
Project Officer
Jan-Gustav Strandeneas

www.earthsummit2012.org - Stakeholder Forum has recently redesigned
this website as an information portal to provide updates, background
information and analysis at Rio+20. It is intended that this website will also
act as a platform to connect organisations and stakeholders interested in
engaging in the preparatory process.
www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.html - The Official website of the
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20.
www.globaltransition2012.org - The Global Transition 2012 is an
international network of organisations and leading thinkers from the
Global North and South. It is catalysing a ‘Global Transition’ by building a
community of civil society organisations across the globe to promote and
deliver a rapid transition to the desirable and beneficial economy that we
aspire to.
www.csradialogue2012.org - The Dialogue on a Convention for
Corporate Social Responsibility and Accountability is the starting point
for a stakeholder-led conversation on corporate responsibility, in relation
to the Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development and Green
Economy themes of the Rio+20 Conference. The dialogue aims to draw
on conversations over the last number of years on businesses’ proactive
contribution to sustainable development.
www.volunteeractioncounts.org -The campaign gives volunteers like
yourself, along with communities and organizations, a chance to show what
you are doing for the future of our planet and generations to come.
www.summitwatch.org - The UN recently announced that 115 heads
of state are already committed to attend Rio+20, but has not released
their names, nor is there much information readily available on how their
governments are preparing for Rio+20. To fill this important information gap,
Earth Summit Watch is gathering and publishing current information on the
status of Rio+20 preparations in every country.
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