08/02/2012 08:00
Timothy Spence
EU Pledges Strong Support for Earth Summit
BRUSSELS, Feb 8, 2012 (IPS) - European leaders have mapped out a bold agenda ahead of the Rio summit, vowing to transform development aid, help provide renewable electricity to the world’s neediest people, and bulk up the United Nations environment body.
The European Union’s ‘Agenda for Change’ proposal calls for pumping foreign aid into sustainable growth and energy access, while European Union officials have also floated the idea of transforming the U.N. Environmental Programme into an agency with expanded influence and greater power to promote research and development.
- NOTÍCIAS MAIS LIDAS
-
Não existe conteúdo a ser exibido nessa área.