Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Rio's reprise must set hard deadlines for development

Guardian: Twenty years ago the world's leaders did something tremendous. Meeting at the historic Earth summit in Rio, governments agreed that we must start living within our means. They saw that hoovering up or wrecking precious natural resources to get rich quick today would only leave us poorer tomorrow. Development would have to become more sustainable. Everybody would have to play their part. Tomorrow morning I arrive in Brazil for Rio's 20-year reprise. I don't expect this week's meeting will be as...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/19/rio-earth-summit-development-deadlines
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/6/19/1340118049929/Brazils-Belo-Monte-Dam-Pr-008.jpg

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