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UN chief urges leaders to be more ambitious after concerns they will sign a pre-negotiated text but won't commit on key issues See original here: Rio+20 Earth summit talks turn into rubber-stamp job

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UN chief urges leaders to be more ambitious after concerns they will sign a pre-negotiated text but won't commit on key issues Excerpt from: Rio+20 Earth summit talks turn into rubber-stamp job

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The UN sustainable development summit in Rio de Janeiro has formally opened with a warning from UN head Ban Ki-moon that progress on the issue is too slow. Read the rest here: Rio+20: Progress on Earth issues 'too slow' - UN chief

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The UN sustainable development summit in Rio de Janeiro has formally opened with a warning from UN head Ban Ki-moon that progress on the issue is too slow. View original post here: Rio+20: Progress on Earth issues 'too slow' - UN chief

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Inter-governmental attempts at environmental protection have failed. It is time for environmentalists to recognize that fact and turn to industry. The "Green Economy" has become the new watchword at the Rio summit. But can Starbucks, Shell and Nestlé really save the planet? Continued here: It's Time for Business to Take Lead on Environment

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The risk of fire could increase across large parts of the Amazon rainforest due to increasing incident of drought, expansion of road networks, and rural outmigration, said a scientist speaking at the annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) in Bonito, Brazil. View post: Fire risk to increase in the Amazon rainforest

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[RIO DE JANEIRO] Organisations from Africa, Brazil and France have officially launched a scientific collaboration to fight desertification in Africa. Read more here: Anti-desertification plan gets official launch in Rio

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WOODS HOLE, Mass., June 20 (UPI) -- The population of emperor penguins appears likely to decline this century as climate change reduces the extent of Antarctic sea ice, U.S. researchers say. Original post: Emperor penguins at risk in sea ice loss

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Inter-governmental attempts at environmental protection have failed. It is time for environmentalists to recognize that fact and turn to industry. The "Green Economy" has become the new watchword at the Rio summit. But can Starbucks, Shell and Nestlé really save the planet? Continue reading here: It's Time for Business to Take Lead on Environment

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Paying farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa to sequester carbon may provide a stronger incentive to improve soil quality than simply offering official fertiliser subsidies, a modelling study has found. Link: Carbon payments 'could help enrich African soil'