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June 1, 2012
Brokering partnerships for disaster risk reduction in Brazil and Latin America
In early June 2012, Earth Security and Sinal do Vale brought together more than 40 leaders from Latin American infrastructure and insurance companies, government agencies and reconstruction funds, and civil society - in the mountains outside Rio de Janeiro to forge new models of cross-sector partnership for urban resilience to climate-driven disasters. The project was funded by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN).
June 1, 2012
Brokering partnerships for disaster risk reduction in Brazil and Latin America
In early June 2012, Earth Security and Sinal do Vale brought together more than 40 leaders from Latin American infrastructure and insurance companies, government agencies and reconstruction funds, and civil society - in the mountains outside Rio de Janeiro to forge new models of cross-sector partnership for urban resilience to climate-driven disasters. The project was funded by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN).
April 9, 2012
Coverage: NewSecurityBeat
Earth Security's first report in 2012 discussed how investments in arable land are at the heart of a new global security agenda. The report outlines the risks of the growing wave of investments in farmland and commodities and provides a risk management framework for investors and policy-makers.
April 9, 2012
Coverage: NewSecurityBeat
Earth Security's first report in 2012 discussed how investments in arable land are at the heart of a new global security agenda. The report outlines the risks of the growing wave of investments in farmland and commodities and provides a risk management framework for investors and policy-makers.
July 3, 2011
Earth Security chairs discussion on multilateralism at Tällberg Forum 2011
Twenty years after the UN-sponsored ‘Earth Summit’ in Rio de Janeiro, the sustainability agenda remains largely unfulfilled. The Rio+20 Conference to be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2012 provides an opportunity to create a new momentum for the sustainability agenda.
July 3, 2011
Earth Security chairs discussion on multilateralism at Tällberg Forum 2011
Twenty years after the UN-sponsored ‘Earth Summit’ in Rio de Janeiro, the sustainability agenda remains largely unfulfilled. The Rio+20 Conference to be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2012 provides an opportunity to create a new momentum for the sustainability agenda.