Rio+20 stage set for debate on what next for development goals

Guardian: What could be simpler? In 2015 the eight UN millennium development goals (MDGs), which were agreed by all countries in 2000, will formally expire. In their place, it has been proposed, should come new sustainable development goals (SDGs), to cover poverty, but also energy, water, oceans, resource efficiency, land and ecosystems – details to be worked out at the Rio+20 Earth summit starting next week. When the idea of SDGs was put forward last year by Colombia, it seemed like a brilliant initiative...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/jun/14/rio20-debate-development-goals
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