Latin America and Caribbean Regional Media Forum for Rio+20 9 May 2012

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1 Latin America and Caribbean Regional Media Forum for Rio+20 9 May 2012

2 How to Cover Rio+20

3 Lead-up Informal negotiations in New York (29 May 2 June) Launch of UNEP s Global Environment Outlook Report (6 June)

4 Negotiations Official conference at Riocentro Convention Center, Barra de Tijuca Final session of the Preparatory Committee (13-15 June) May continue parallel with other events Not broadcast or webcast, but daily briefing Outcome document to be adopted at conclusion of Conference

5 Commitments and Initiatives By Governments, UN system, business, civil society Provide concrete stories for media Energy, oceans, water, many issues To be launched at press briefings and special events Compendium of voluntary commitments also closing press release

6 Conference opening (20 June) 10.00am Statements by civil society (nine Major Groups) and the President of ECOSOC 3.00pm High-level Opening Statements by UN Secretary-General, Conference Secretary-General, President of Brazil

7 Plenary statements by Member States Start 4:30 pm on 20 June over three days List of speakers to come revised daily Broadcast and webcast English/Floor Limited seats for print media by ticket Limited space for broadcast media; can be escorted to cover speakers

8 High-level Roundtables Start 4:30pm on 20 June four roundtables over three days Theme: Looking at the way forward in implementing the expected outcomes of the Conference No speakers list Broadcast and webcast English/Floor No space for press in the room; photo spray at top

9 Press briefings Main briefing room in Media Centre (Pavilion 3), other smaller rooms Daily briefing by Conference Spokesperson with guests Full schedule of briefings by Governments, UN agencies, civil society Broadcast and webcast some interpretation Summaries of selected briefings posted on-line

10 Special Events at Riocentro Dialogues on Global Sustainability (16-19 June) Organized by the Government of Brazil Prominent participants from academia, civil society, business Ten dialogues over four days on key issues Each dialogue will put forward three recommendations to be presented to Government leaders at the high-level round tables Participatory, on-line platform for discussion and public voting:

11 Dialogue Issues: - Sustainable development for fighting poverty - Sustainable development as an answer to the economic and financial crisis - Unemployment, decent work and migration - The economics of sustainable development, including sustainable patterns of production and consumption -Forests -Food and nutrition security -Sustainable energy for all -Water -Sustainable cities and innovation -Oceans

12 Over 500 side events at Riocentro by Governments, UN System, Civil Society Special Event on UN Secretary-General s Sustainable Energy for All Initiative (21 June) Key multi-stakeholder commitments to be announced With UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Co-chairs Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General, UN Industrial Development Organization, and Chad Holliday, Chairman of Bank of America

13 Major events elsewhere in Rio de Janeiro including People s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice (15-23 June, Flamengo Park) Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum (15-18 June, Windsor Barra Hotel) Youth Blast (8-12 June) Global Town Hall Mayors and local government (18-22 June, Athlete s Park) Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development (11-15 June, Pontifical Catholic University) Women Leaders Forum (19-21 June) Parliamentary World Summit of Legislators (15-17 June, Athlete s Park) Rio+Social Social media/bloggers (19 June) TedEx, C40, Films, Concerts, Cultural Events For more, see media advisory online press schedule to come

14 Media Centre For the use of all journalists accredited to the Conference Pavilion 3 at Riocentro Convention Center Workspaces with power outlets, wi-fi, telephones, fax, closed-circuit TV Free plug-in recording facilities for audio-visual and sound feeds Press briefing room

15 Rio+20 will be PaperSmart To minimize paper use and carbon footprint Conference documents and resources only available digitally Limited print-on demand services in Media Centre Media and others should carry laptops, tablets, mobile devices Accredited press will receive Media Alerts and advisories by

16 Available online Webcast -- all plenary statements, round-tables, press conferences, some high-level side events at Riocentro Multi-media coverage, webcasts, press kit and materials posted at and (multilingual) Schedule of press briefings advance on-line and daily Media Alerts

17 Social media twitter.com/un (English) twitter.com/onuweb (Spanish UN account) twitter.com/un_rioplus20 (English) Hashtags #Rioplus20 and #futurewewant As of 4 May: #Rioplus20 has reached 20,301,633 people via 37,606 tweets with an exposure of 174,077,280 impressions #futurewewant has reached 8,301,739 people via 19,894 tweets with an exposure of 123,805,959 impressions

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