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Rio+20+1 month
With apologies for the delay in publishing, in this blog post, one of our competition winners, James, reflects on his time spent at the Rio+20 Earth Summit. ————————————————— Over a month has passed since the end of the Rio+20 United … Continue reading
The Nexus is already at the forefront of political and scientific debate
This is a blog post originally published at http://www.water-energy-food.org following an invitation to write some comments on a talk held at the German Pavillion at Rio+20. “An avid follower of the Nexus Platform website, I was thrilled to find out about the … Continue reading
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Feelings on the Ground: Success and Failures
Under Claire’s last post, Martin asked what the feelings were like on the ground at Rio+20 and what could be viewed as successes? In this next post I will address the question of why people left and went to the … Continue reading
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First Impressions on Rio+20
First impressions: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Late on Monday evening I arrived in Brazil on my School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CEGs) sponsored trip to the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development. In the arrivals hall I was pleasantly surprised … Continue reading
Busy, busy few weeks in the run up to the Earth Summit in Rio… but I made it!
Brazil is breathtaking. Thanks to generous sponsorship from the Planet Earth Institute, I arrived in Rio last Wednesday night (13th) and have spent a wonderful few days enjoying the Brazilian way of life – the beach, the food, the people … Continue reading
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Thoughts on this afternoon’s talk on City Solutions to Climate Change
This afternoon Claire and I are going to an event at the Fort on Copacabana beach on City Solutions to Climate Change organised by the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN). This will include an amazing list of speakers that … Continue reading
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Getting ready for the week ahead! A quick update, with lots of news and pictures!
I am in Rio now. Lots has been going on, so here is a quick summary! Today we will be meeting with the Planet Earth Institute and getting more info on the week ahead. Jaime Amezaga, Paul Younger and James … Continue reading
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Water-Energy-Food nexus – what is it and how might it be approached at Rio+20?
In the latest of our Rio+20-themed blog posts (and the last before our competition winners travel out to the Earth Summit), our winner Ed, who will be sponsored by Northumbrian Water in Rio, looks at the Water-Energy-Food nexus (one that is … Continue reading
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Optimistic thoughts …!
In the latest of our blog entries looking forward to the Rio+20 Earth Summit, our competition runner up, James, who will be attending the Earth Summit in person thanks to sponsorship from Newcastle University‘s School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, … Continue reading
Sustainable Development 101
Ed Byers, winner of our Rio+20 competition, will be travelling in a couple of weeks (sponsored by Northumbrian Water) to attend the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, along with runners-up James Robinson and Claire Chisholm. As part of his … Continue reading
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