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  • Date: 7/6/2012

Rio+20 Debrief: Trading places. An unexpected turn of events? 

Few people expected the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development to change the world. Yet in a modest and unexpected way, it might just have done so.

Whereas the first Rio conference in 1992 produced international treaties on climate change and biodiversity that were hailed as landmarks in human history, this year’s summit produced a 53-page document entitled The Future We Want, which has been widely derided for being weak and meaningless.


Download this special edition of Sustainable Insight for an overview of the outcomes of the conference, the implications for business and a summary of the Rio+20 commitments.

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