A Quick Run-Round of Rio News

The UN's Rio+20 United Nations Conference conference took place in Brazil last week, the 20-year follow-up to the Earth Summit which first put sustainable development on the global policy agenda. Expectations were low in the run-up to the Rio+ conference as high-profile leaders Obama, Merkel and Van Rompuy said they would be staying home to deal with the economy and in Obama's case, forthcoming election campaign. At election time in the US, it usually doesn't pay too look too 'green'.  

Responsible Communications Needed in Development Arena Too

Source Oxfam

We hear a lot about responsible and credible communications in the environment and sustainability sectors but development organisations need to work on their communications credibility too, according to a new report by the LSE.