UN Commission on Sustainable Development & Rio 2012
PERL is participating in the Commission on Sustainable Development meetings in 2010 and 2011 through the Major Groups to promote education for sustainable consumption and responsible living. It is an important opportunity to influence the global policy process as Sustainable Consumption and Production is a current CSD theme.
Rio 2012 is the UN Conference on Sustainable Development. It is sometimes called 'Rio+20' as it will happen in Rio de Janeiro 20 years after the so called 'Earth Summit' in Rio in 1992.
See a video on How NGO's Can Get Involved in the Rio+20 Summit Process, by Jan-Gustav Strandenaes of ANPED
PERL is participating at CSD 19 to encourage policy and decision-makers to make progress in implementing education for sustainable consumption and lifestyles, and to ensure that education for sustainable consumption and lifestyles is an important part of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes that will likely be agreed upon.
The Commission on Sustainable Development was established by the UN General Assembly in December 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.
The Marrakech Process on Sustainable Consumption and Production
The purpose of the Marrakech Process is to work towards a 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, as called for by the World Summit on Sustainable Development Johannesburg Plan of Action.
Success for PERL at CSD-18, 3-14 May 2010
PERL had considerable exposure and generated interest while participating in the UN Commission on Sustainable Development meeting in New York City
Both PERL and Hedmark University College were mentioned a number of times in the plenary sessions as well as in CSD documents and in other side events.
