Rio+20 Conference
Twenty years on from the first Earth Summit, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development returns to Rio.
At the Rio+20 Conference on 20-22 June 2012, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and other groups, will come together to shape how we can reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection on an ever more crowded planet to get to the future we want.
Rio+20 will be one of the most important global meetings on sustainable development in our time.
– UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Objective & Themes
The objective of the Conference is to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assess the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development, and address new and emerging challenges.
The Conference will focus on two themes:
- a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication; and
- the institutional framework for sustainable development.
Further information
Review of implementation of Agenda 21 and the Rio Principles
Rio+20 website
Rio+20 Brochure – The Future We Want
Rio+20 Count-Me-In Map
Towards a Low Carbon Economy for Scotland
The Scottish Government aims to create a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish, through increasing sustainable economic growth.
The Scottish Government seeks to facilitate the right infrastructure and investment to stimulate sustainable growth and exploit new market opportunities. Scotland is committed to ambitious statutory targets for emissions reduction. The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 places a duty on all of the public sector in Scotland to support the delivery of the Scottish Government’s emissions reduction targets and to make the required adjustments to adapt to climate change.
