Rio de Janeiro ("River of January"), commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, 6th largest in the Americas.

Places, projects and networks Edit

• Catalytic Communities

Social media:

• Catalytic Communities (English) on WiserEarth
• Rio 2012 on WiserEarth

Topic links Edit

The headings in this section provide links to some of the topics in the Ideas Bank. Click on the Ideas Bank link, or the category listing to see a full list of topics.

Climate change

• Rio de Janeiro is a member of the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group

Communities online

• RioOnWatch.org, English language mirror to Favela.Info, a collective blog about the changes and happenings in Rio de Janeiro in the lead up to the 2016 Olympic Games, to be held in the city.

Related topics Edit

• Rio 2012
• Earth Summit
• Agenda 21
• Local Agenda 21

Brazil - Portal - Links - News - Diary - Resources - Images - A-Z / Conteúdo em Português

References

1. ↑ globalvoicesonline, 11 September 2010