Feb 10, 2012 04:10 PM
Fred Pearce
Rio+20 shows little sign of living up to original Earth summit
As Brazil prepares for the Rio+20 conference, there is little on the agenda to suggest any substantive action will be taken
It is easy to be cynical. Back in 1992, more than 100 world leaders, including George H.W. Bush, showed up for the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. It was a two-week mega-event that attracted huge attention, highlighted by the signing of two groundbreaking treaties on climate change and biodiversity and grand declarations about creating a future green and equitable world.
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