This side event will be held during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) and is being organized by the UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP) in cooperation with the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Fundaçao Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável and The Elders. The event will be based on key messages developed at the previous Nobel Laureates Symposia and the GSP report. It will include the presentation of a declaration highlighting the importance of a science-based approach to sustainable development and the need for policy- and decision-makers to acknowledge science if the world is to choose a more sustainable path.  

date: 18 June 2012   venue: RioCentro Convention Centre, Room: P3-3   location: Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil   www: http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=1000&nr=604&menu=126