Rio+20 was a once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape the future we want for our children and future inhabitants of our planet.  Despite the high expectations the world had for Rio+20, the final declaration here failed to address the central dilemma of protecting the environment while encouragi

Unsustainable development, environmental degradation and climate change, volatile markets and governance issues have led to resource scarcity, poverty and food and nutrition insecurity in many regions.   

While almost 1 billion people suffer from under-nutrition, more than a billion adults worldwide were overweight in 2010, and 500 million adults are clinically obese.

PHI’s proposal for a Sustainable Development (SD) Learning Event on “Integration of food and nutrition security, health and gender in climate resilient-sustainable development” at RIO+20 has been pre-selected by the conference organizers of RIO+20 to be voted on by the general public.

There are just 130 days left before the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), commonly called Rio+20, will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.