A conference organised by IDDRI, with:
- Andre Correa do Lago, Director of the Department of Environment of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations
- Brice Lalonde, UN Executive Coordinator for the RIO+20 Conference
- Julia Marton-Lefevre, Director General of IUCN
- Ghassan Salamé, Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po
- Laurence Tubiana, Director of IDDRI and of the Sustainable Development Centre at Sciences Po
- Simon Upton, Director, Environment Directorat, OCDE
This conference is organised in preparation of the United Conference on Sustainable Developement ("Rio+20"), which is to be held Rio de Janeiro in June 2012 and which will mark the 20th anniversary of the Earth Summit.
NOTE : conference in English
Presentation :
"Although sustainable development has established itself as a reference framework for all actors, whether international or national, the targets set in Rio in 1992 are far from being achieved, and it is proving difficult to make the necessary changes.
It is therefore important to understand what has happened over the last 20 years, how the "Rio deal" came to be made and on what basis, and to see how globalisation, the economic crisis, the rise of the emerging countries or the problems of implementation have completely redefined the general framework, allowing criticism of the concept of sustainable development to mount.
The global governance that appeared to be emerging in Rio seems to be unattainable, as it comes up against a return of sovereignty and a redefinition of democratic fora at different levels, among other things. Rio 2012 is the opportunity to redefine an agenda for the coming years that both reflects today’s reality and contains a certain number of objectives that, since Rio, have remained valid."
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