Politicians make the policy. But it’s often left to business to implement it. For this reason RioPlus Business is featuring submissions from business across the globe in the lead up to Rio+20.
The aim is to demonstrate how Sustainable Development is becoming a reality on every continent, country and city.
Here Anke Stoffregen, from ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability explains how cities and local governments will be key players in a world increasingly marked by urbanisation and the need to harenss their power and engage them in policy making.
In global policy we often look towards international organizations and national governments to take the lead.
However, with climate negotiations stalling, new leadership patterns to further global policy are emerging.
Civil society and increasingly the business sector are evolving to drivers of change. It is, however, cities that have made a real mark in the preparations for Rio+20.
We are facing a global challenge which needs to be tackled on a global scale.
The solutions, however, need to take into account regional and local circumstances and engage local communities in the implementation to be most effective and efficient.
The first decade of the 21st century is marked by the fact that the world´s urban population has exceeded the rural population for the first time in the history of human civilization.
By 2050 more than two thirds of the world’s population will live in cities. As the trend towards urbanization continues, increasing attention is being paid to the local level.
Due to the geographical concentration of people, infrastructure, investment, capital, [...]
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