Monday, June 18, 2012

Rio+20: Brazilian pitch for summit deal runs into crossfire

Agence France-Presse: Brazil on Sunday pushed a deal for a looming global summit on poverty and the environment, but its draft ran into objections from Europe and criticism from activists, who said it fell dismally short. The blueprint for Earth's future is to be issued in Rio de Janeiro on Friday after a three-day summit to climax the UN's Conference on Sustainable Development. Hosting the nine-day mega-event, Brazil on Saturday assumed control of troubled negotiations to agree on the communique. It declared...

URL: http://news.yahoo.com/green-groups-worried-rio-20-pact-diluted-212042158.html

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