This book is designed to help people from all backgrounds understand what was agreed upon at Rio+20 and the relevant UN Commissions, Conferences and Summit that laid the foundation for Rio+20 and the new sustainable development goals, which are expected to be agreed upon in September 2015.

The book has already gained positive reviews from many, including the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Ibrahim Thiaw, who was inspired in his forward to say:
"This very timely and practical publication will help to empower all stakeholders to take an active role in what must be a global partnership to implement the next, universal and transformative agenda to accelerate our transition to inclusive and sustainable societies."

The book is divided into three parts.

Part one, entitled "A Resource Guide to the Future We Want," is broken into twenty-one sections focused on the key elements of the Rio+20 document's section 5, which deals with the thematic areas and cross sectorial issues.

Every section includes the context for which the issue was identified, a conversation about how these issues have been approached in the past, and biographies to organizations that are focused on the individual issue, as well as infographics that take a look at the statistics, targets that have been set in the past, indicators, and partnership examples.

Part two explores the commitments made since the first Earth Summit in 1992 by governments, intergovernmental organizations and stakeholders. The Cloud of Commitments Initiative looks at how they were developed, what worked and some thoughts for the future. This section was written by Jacob Scherr, Chelsea Phipps and Brendan Guy of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Part three makes some recommendations for implementing Rio+20 and the new development agenda it makes ten solid recommendations which the authors hope governments will consider.

The goal of this book is to allow policy makers, government officials, think-tanks, and anyone else who wishes to learn and understand the issues we face in a quick and easy manner.

The book has already gained positive reviews from many, including the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Ibrahim Thiaw, who was inspired in his forward to say:

"This very timely and practical publication will help to empower all stakeholders to take an active role in what must be a global partnership to implement the next, universal and transformative agenda to accelerate our transition to inclusive and sustainable societies."

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• Publication Date: July 26, 2014
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• Print Length: 380 Pages
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