New Rio+20 video: Turn your world around
Thanks to our friends at Benetton/Fabrica who have created this new video in support of The Future We Want. Get involved!
Tuesday at Rio+20
Events continue unabated at the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development. If you're not in Rio, take a look at our behind-the-scenes shots on our Rio+20 photostream for a flavour of all the action. Highlights of activities in Rio on Tuesday: Technology, social...
Monday at Rio+20
Events at the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development are now in full swing. Take a look at some of the behind-the-scenes photos so far from our conference from our photostream. Some selected highlights of events coming up on Monday at Rio+20: UN-Habitat will...
Rio+20 — 3 Questions for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Ahead of the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development now getting underway in Brazil, we shared your questions about the Future We Want with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and we sat down with him in his office so he could respond to your questions on video. Here...
New energy for all infographic
Why do we need the Rio+20 conference? Sustainable energy transforms lives, economies and the planet. From the UN News Centre: Seven issues, seven experts on energy. Check out this infographic and find out about sustainable energy for all.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the future HE wants
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has seen your Future We Want posts and we met up with him in his office to record a special message for fans and followers of our social media accounts on the future HE wants! Watch it, share...
On Your Bike!
Bicycling advocacy shifts into high gear before Rio+20 Contributed by Morana Song (@morana_twit), UN Department of Public Information Some say the hardest part of learning how to ride a bike is the pavement. The second hardest may be convincing the world to...
To sing or sign?
By Francis Mead It was a late call – could I go to Minnesota to film the deaf, Finnish rapper for the last two days of his US tour? I wasn’t quite as fazed by this request as you might guess: I’d seen the poster for Signmark when he’d passed by the UN in New York –...
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Water or coal? South Africa’s dilemma
by Gill Fickling The explosion was deafening … the ground shook … and thick black dust fell from the ceiling. Nobody dived under the table, or ran for cover. In fact, nobody flinched as this was all part of daily life. No, we weren’t filming in a war-zone but in South...