Monthly Archives: June 2012

Rio+20 Urban Sustainbility Indicators

Posted on June 26, 2012 by DAbraham

Here is a link to part of the presentation I gave for the US State Department at the Rio+20 Conference in Brazil. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/23335312

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Agriculture to Stimulate Economic Growth

Posted on June 22, 2012 by DAbraham

Amazing session here at Rio+20. Speakers from Canada, Israel, Germany, Kenya, Panama, and the USA. Elise Golan from the USDA was amazing in her coverage of agriculture and green jobs. According to Golan 2.4% of jobs in the US are … Continue reading →

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Beyond GDP: Measuring the Future we Want

Posted on June 20, 2012 by DAbraham

UNDP’s first Human Development Report in 1990 recognized the limitations of existing development metrics and introduced the Human Development Index (HDI). The need for better approaches to measuring progress beyond short-term economic indicators has been echoed more recently by other … Continue reading →

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ICLEI World Congress

Posted on June 17, 2012 by DAbraham

Today in Belo Horizonte several cities across the globe got together to sign a manifesto that they will be presenting to the UN in Rio tomorrow. This compact is expected to ask for local governments to be recognized as official … Continue reading →

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Environmental Accounting

Posted on June 16, 2012 by DAbraham

Had a great discussion with Gemma Parkes from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) regarding the importance of environmental accounting. I refer to this in my work as the Resource Conflict in sustainability. What it covers is the debate over whether natural … Continue reading →

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Rio+ 20 Arrival

Posted on June 15, 2012 by DAbraham

Arrived in Rio last night and had a great conversation with a representative from the Asian Development bank regarding concentration of poverty in general and the Favelas in particular. I understand that some Favelas may have more than 200,000 people. … Continue reading →

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