Independent: The trouble with the Rio+20 UN conference, which began yesterday and ends tomorrow with more than 100 world leaders in attendance in the Brazilian city, is that it is a summit in search of a purpose. Nobody really wanted it. There was no demand for it from the world community. It was merely an opportunity, 20 years on from the original Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, to mark the anniversary with a similar-sized international get-together which might, just might, lead to some positive...
URL: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/michael-mccarthy-a-jamboree-that-promises-more-than-it-can-deliver-7870104.html
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