Wednesday, June 13, 2012

From the archive: Earth Summit: Long and troubled road to Rio

Guardian: Paul Brown traces how a meeting in Sweden 20 years ago gave birth to the world's biggest conference Many of the original aims of the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, which officially opens today, have already been lost in disagreements between the rich industrialised countries and the developing nations. New international laws which it was hoped would be signed remain statements of principle or have been so watered down that they will have little effect. Nevertheless, many of the thousands...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/13/rio-earth-summit-1992-archive
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Environment/Pix/columnists/2012/5/1/1335868735849/MDG--Rio20--1992-Rio-UNCE-007.jpg

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