Tag: Rio + 20 Conference

• Monday, November 25th 2013 - 08:09 UTC

  Scientists from all the world meet in Brazil to discuss their role in the 21st century

  

  Hundreds of scientists from all over the world under the umbrella organization World Science Forum, WSF, meets this week in Rio do Janeiro to discuss their role in the 21st century and to emphasize the importance of scientific advice in political and economical decisions.

• Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 06:55 UTC

  Chinese PM Wen Jibao to visit Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Chile

  

  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is to attend the upcoming UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Rio De Janeiro, and pay official visits to Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile from June 20 to 26, it was announced in Beijing the Foreign Ministry

• Monday, June 18th 2012 - 07:17 UTC

  Public and private sectors pledge in Rio+20 to restore “oceans’ health and productivity”

  

  Over 80 countries, civil society groups, private companies and international organizations have declared their support for the new Global Partnership for Oceans (GPO), signalling their commitment to work together around coordinated goals to restore the world’s oceans to health and productivity.

• Friday, June 8th 2012 - 01:19 UTC

  Uruguay hopes China will build and finance a deep-sea port on the Atlantic

  

  Uruguay’s long standing dream of building a deep-water port in the east of the country could become a reality in coming days when China’s Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visits the country, according to the government financed newspaper La Republica.

• Tuesday, May 8th 2012 - 17:17 UTC

  Brazil’s Rousseff sees in Hollande an ally to counter Merkel’s austerity policies

  

  Dilma Rousseff is interested in having French elected-president Francois Holland make an official visit to Brasilia to talk about the current world situation since the Brazilian leader believes they both share positions regarding the global crisis and austerity policies.