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June 22, 2012
Australia's Marine Reserves

Australia committed to establish the world's largest network of marine reserves and help other countries achieve the "blue economy".

Oceans
Category: Oceans
Amount: $33,000,000
June 29, 2012
Five Stock Exchanges Commit to Promoting Sustainability

At the Third Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Global Dialogue, five major stock exchanges listing more than 4,600 companies committed to promoting long-term, sustainable investment in their market places.​

Capacity
Category: Capacity
June 27, 2012
Aruba and the Carbon War Room Announce Partnership to Transition Aruba to 100% Renewable Energy

Richard Branson, founder of the Carbon War Room, and Aruba Prime Minister Mike Eman announced at Rio their plan to transition Aruba to 100% renewable energy.

Energy
Category: Energy
June 29, 2012
Latin American Development Bank and Brazil Launch Regional Initiative for Technological Innovation

The Latin American Development Bank (CAF) and Brazil's Financier of Studies and Projects (FINEP) signed an agreement to formally launch the Regional Initiative for Technological Innovation in the Renewable Energy Sector.

Energy
Category: Energy
Amount: $200,000,000
June 19, 2012
Development Banks Commit $175 Billion to Sustainable Transport

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and seven other multilateral development banks (MDBs) commit to provide more than $175 billion of loans and grants for transport in developing countries by 2022.

Cities
Category: Cities
Amount: $175,000,000,000
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ABOUT THE CLOUD

Launched at the June 2012 Rio+20 conference, the Cloud aggregates and highlights commitments to take specific actions to contribute to a rapid transition to a low-carbon green economy. The Cloud seeks to encourage and hold accountable the hundreds of sustainability initiatives undertaken at Rio+20 and elsewhere by governments at all levels, business, and civil society.

NUMBER OF
COMMITMENTS
BY REGION
176
Worldwide
6
North America
7
Europe
20
Asia
26
Latin America
and the Caribbean
12
Africa
14
Oceania
NUMBER OF
COMMITMENTS
BY CATEGORY (%)
Energy
 
62%
Energy
 
Water
 
15%
Water
 
Cities
 
9%
Cities
 
Oceans
 
5%
Oceans
 
Food
 
4%
Food
 
Capacity
 
4%
Capacity
 
Forests
 
1%
Forests
 
INVESTMENT
BY CATEGORY (USD$)
633,180,584,000
Worldwide
 
Energy
 
$457,640,000,000
Energy
Cities
 
$175,127,584,000
Cities
Food
 
$235,000,000
Food
Water
 
$140,000,000
Water
Oceans
 
$33,000,000
Oceans
Forests
 
$5,000,000
Forests
Capacity
 
$0
Capacity
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The Sustainable Energy for All Initiative, begun by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, is soliciting commitments for concrete actions that will help achieve sustainable energy for all by 2030. These commitments can be made by governments, businesses, and civil society organizations.

The UN Global Compact, founded in 2000, is soliciting commitments from corporations to take action in support of UN goals and issues.

The Corporate Eco Forum (CEF) is a membership organization for large companies that demonstrate a commitment to environment as a business strategy issue.

Earth Summit Watch is a civil society partnership to track preparations country-by-country for the Rio+20 Earth Summit. It highlights countries whose governments have made significant commitments to action.

The Access Initiative, founded in 1999, has begun a Three Demands Campaign to submit demands to national governments from civil society organizations around the theme of improved national environmental governance.
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May 16, 2013 12:00 am
A proposed UN High Commissioner for Future Generations could address the concerns of young people about the failure of governments to live up to their repeated promises to take action on sustainable development.
The time is now for a UN High Commissioner for Future Generations | John Romano's Blog | Switchboard
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NRDC has joined hundreds of other civil society organizations in support of a proposal for the establishment of a UN “High Commissioner for Future Generations.” While the top national leaders at the Rio+20 Earth Summit last year reaffirmed their concern...
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May 15, 2013 6:34 pm
Google and NASA have partnered together to show how humans have impacted the earth over the past three decades through its new “Timelapse” project. These time lapse animations show us the impact of urban development, deforestation in the amazon, ice melt in the arctic, and the dying of inland seas and lakes. Read the full in-depth article from Time Magazine here: http://world.time.com/timelapse/
Stunning Satellite Images of Earth | TIME.com
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Exclusive timelapse: See climate change, deforestation and urban sprawl unfold as Earth evolves over 30 years.
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