The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 2012 is also known as UNCSD2012, Rio+20 or Earth Summit 2012.
CSD was established to ensure the effective follow-up of the UN Conference on Environment and Development 1992.
The global effort to support the implementation of action for sustainable consumption and production by developing a 10 Year Framework of Programmes.
There is global recognition that unsustainable patterns of consumption have social and environmental impacts worldwide.
A group of international businesses, trade unions, environmental groups and civil society organisations calling on leading economies to tacke climate change.