29th Forum on Global Issues in the Federal Foreign Office: Rio+20 – Can institutions concerned with sustainability and greening of the economy be successfully restructured?

May 15, 2012

Tomorrow (16 May) the 29th Forum on Global Issues will take place at the Federal Foreign Office. This year’s Forum will focus on the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), which will be held in Rio de Janeiro at the end of June 2012.

Five weeks before the International Conference, representatives of government, civil society, business and academia will gather at this Forum to assess how the negotiations are progressing and to discuss German and European policy options.

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