Dear Colleagues,
Rio+20 People's Sustainability Treaty on Higher Education.
Rio+20 will bring together the largest gathering of Heads of State
that the world has ever seen. This UN meeting is to assess progress to date
and to define new sustainable development governance frameworks and goals. It
will provide an opportunity to re-affirm visions for a sustainable future; to
reconfirm government and stakeholder commitments; as well as to re-energise
the sustainability movement. The higher education sector has been highly
visible on the road to Rio lobbying for the realignment of priorities,
funding and activities to support sustainability.
A group of over 30 agencies, organisations and associations have come
together to influence Rio + 20 dialogues. These stakeholders are rooted in
different regions of the globe and actively engaged in sustainable
development at the higher education level. The partnership, led by Copernicus
Alliance with the support of UNU IAS and the International Association of
Universities has generated a Higher Education Treaty for Rio+20 (see
attachment 1). This Treaty is one of a series of People's Treaties developed
to influence Rio+20 but also to make visible commitments across various
sectors (see attachment 2).
The Treaty is currently being circulated to higher education
stakeholders. We welcome feedback. Please could you email us (
[log in to unmask]) by 11th June with any proposed changes. This
document will become an official Rio+20 document and will be cited as a
voluntary commitment of civil society. If your organisation, group or
institution would like to become a signatory to this document please let us
know. All that is required at this stage is an 'in principle' commitment.
Thank you for your contribution. Please could you also help us
forwarding this email to your colleagues and networks.
With best wishes,
Daniella Tilbury, Ingrid Mulā and Clemens Mader,
Copernicus Alliance on behalf of the HE People's Sustainability
Treaty Partnership
The Partnership:
Asian Universities Alternative Appraisal (AUA)
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher
Education (AASHE)
Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS)
Catalan Network of Education for Sustainability Research,
Catalunya, Spain (EduSost)
Conferencia de Rectores de Universidades Espaņolas, Spain
(CRUE-CADEP)
COPERNICUS Alliance (CA)
Education for Sustainable Development HE Programme of the
Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC)
Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges, UK
(EAUC)
Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI)
Global Universities Partnership on Environment and
Sustainability (GUPES)
Iberoamerican Network of Universities for Sustainability and
the Environment (ARIUSA)
International Association of Universities (IAU)
International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN)
Korean Association for Green Campus Initiative (KAGCI)
Learning for Sustainability Dutch National Programme (HE
Section), Netherlands (LFS)
Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and
Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSD)
Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA)
Postgraduate Researchers Interested in Sustainability Matters
(PRISM)
Promotion of Sustainability in Postgraduate Education and
Research Network (ProSPER.Net
<https://webmail.glos.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://prosper.net/> )
Students for Global Sustainability
Sustainable Futures Leadership Academy (SFLA) for Higher
Education
The Baltic University Programme/Network (BUP)
The China Green University Network
The Reorienting Teaching Network
UN Education Caucus (EDC)
UNESCO Chairs in Higher Education
United Nations University IAS (UNU)
United Nations Environment Programme - Environmental Education
and Training Unit (UNEP-EETU)
Universities Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in
Africa (MESA)
Universities and Regional Centres of Expertise in ESD (UNU
RCE)
World Student Community for Sustainable Development (WSCSD)
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