Institute for International Law and Justice - IILJ Sustainable Development Policy Institute The Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) provides the global sustainable development community with representation from Pakistan as well as South Asia as a whole. The Institute's mission is: "To catalyse the transition towards sustainable development, defined as the enhancement of peace, social justice and well-—being, within and across generations". The think tank is based in Islamabad, Pakistan. SDPI was founded in August 1992 on the recommendation of the Pakistan National Conservation Strategy (NCS), also called Pakistan’s Agenda 21. The NCS placed Pakistan’s socio-economic development within the context of a national environmental plan. Executive directors[edit] Dr. Mandate[edit] To Goals[edit] These goals reflect the main axes of our work; the means through which we effect change. The Institute's activities are designed to provide: Focus[edit] The research program at SDPI drives the three main activities of policy advice, advocacy and training. 1. 2. 3. 4. Approach[edit]
Protect our Oceans Thank you for your interest in taking this action. This campaign is now closed. Please visit our results section for information about the results of other campaigns. Here are three other ways you can help save our living planet: 1. 2. 3. Environmental and Energy Study Institute-EESI - Climate Change News IPCC Working Group II Report Released, Saying Climate Change Will Be Overwhelming and Ubiquitous On March 31, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated that widespread climate change impacts have already begun and are expected to get worse, according to updated data in the Fifth Assessment Report released this week. The impacts include heat waves, droughts, floods and wildfires, which will affect impoverished peoples and nations disproportionately. The report notes that no one will be unaffected by future climate change, which is expected to threaten economic growth and global security. Soon after the report was released, Secretary of State John Kerry issued a statement addressing the need for climate action, saying “read this report and you can’t deny the reality: unless we act dramatically and quickly, science tells us our climate and our way of life are literally in jeopardy.” For additional information see: New York Times, BBC, IPCC, The Hill, Statement, EESI, IGSD
Sustainable Development Institute The Right Social Policies Can Promote Intergenerational Ethics Home > Ideas > Innovations Make a Comment By Jan Hofmeyer | September 6, 2013 When economies fail to keep up with the demands of their societies, questions of fairness in the allocation of public resources force their way to the top of the agenda. The impact of the American subprime fiasco and the European sovereign debt crisis, as well as the suffocating impact of the austerity that followed the latter, has prompted reflection on aging societies and the legacies they leave. The return of intergenerational justice as a central theme in the global policy discourse is therefore apt. Workers in several Southern European states have in recent years seen their pension benefits slashed and their pensionable ages increased. Will their futures be as dim as opinion polling of this population segment suggests? Bertelsmann Foundation recently released a study on "Intergenerational Justice in Aging Societies" as part of its project on Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI). The Effect of Policy
Global Climate Law Blog : Global Climate Law Blog : Published by Howrey Law Firm : Climate Attorneys and Environmental Lawyers Climate Justice: enforcing climate change law — Climate Justice Programme Capacity Development for the CDM (CD4CDM) Rio de Janeiro to set up carbon trading exchange * Rio to set up carbon credit exchange on Tuesday * To trade carbon, other pollutants to meet Rio targets * Trading likely to begin in 2013 By Peter Murphy BRASILIA (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro state will set up Brazil's first carbon exchange on Tuesday that beginning in 2013 will allow businesses to trade credits to comply with mandatory pollution limits Rio plans to introduce in 2012, the state's environment department said on Monday. From now until when trading is expected to begin in 2013, the exchange will create a trading platform and define contract criteria. The "Bolsa Verde" or "Green Exchange", a partnership between Rio's environment and finance departments, aims to establish pollution caps before the United Nations-sponsored Rio +20 environment conference takes place in its capital city in June. "The trading probably won't start until 2013 ... Rio estimates it emitted about 72 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) in 2008, with one third of that coming from industry.