Mar 05, 2012 08:00 AM
Anne Eckstein
Rio+20: Leaders hope for “ambitious” outcome
The European Union heads of state and government underlined their “strong” support for an “ambitious” outcome at the Rio+20 UN conference on sustainable development, to be held on 20-22 June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In conclusions adopted on 2 March, the European Council stressed the need for strong participation by the private sector and civil society at the conference and confirmed the EU’s expectations by identifying key principles that will guide the Union in its preparations. The environment ministers, who will meet in Brussels on 9 March, are expected to fine-tune this position and spell out the negotiating mandate in the form of Council conclusions.
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