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Rio+20 Earth summit on 20 June
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Rio+20 summit: the final day as it happened
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George Monbiot: World leaders have spent 20 years bracing themselves to express 'deep concern' about the world's environmental crises, but not to do anything about them -
Rio+20 Earth summit 1 day ago
Rio+20 summit: Thursday as it happened
Breaking news and commentary on the UN Sustainable Development Conference as it enters its second day
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Carbon emissions 2 days ago
The world map of CO2 emissions
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BusinessGreen: UK offshore wind industry dealt major blow after company halts plans for manufacturing plant that had been expected to create 2,000 jobs
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Leadership 1 day ago
Rio+20: WBCSD president says the future of the planet rests on business
With a disappointing political outcome at Rio+20, the president of the WBCSD says the only option is for business to spring into action and implement change at scale
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Water 1 day ago
A sustainable path for dams and fishes
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'Pathway for a sustainable future' declared, but Greenpeace says summit was failure of epic proportions
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Firefighters say regulation to avoid killing protected species won't pose problem as wildfires spread
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UN secretary general unveils five-point food security campaign aimed at a future where all enjoy 'a fundamental right to food'
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Blow for Kent port which had been earmarked for development expected to create 2,000 jobs
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As High Park fire burns a path of destruction around Fort Collins, one family recounts the day they left their home behind
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Climate campaigners carry out a 'ritual rip-up' of the Rio+20 summit negotiating text that they condemn as a betrayal for future generations
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John Ashton warns that failure to deal with climate change would amplify problems such as water and food insecurity
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Development and environment secretaries add weight to Hague's call for PM to tackle lack of growth and job creation
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Robert Carnwath: Rio+20 missed an opportunity to emphasise how people can effect real change through courts
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Stanley Johnson: He might not admit it, but the influence of UK supreme court judge, Lord Carnwath, led to the world congress's most important recommendation
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Meir Javedanfar: While Obama reaches out to Iran, Khamenei seems to be trying, and failing, to split the international community
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Jonathon Porritt: In 1992, it was the EU and other developed nations that called the shots. Twenty years on, the geopolitics looks very different
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Rio+20 Earth summit - in pictures
World leaders have once again been descending on Rio de Janeiro, for a conference on sustainable development. Aside from the main event, campaigners and activists have made their presence felt and a People's Summit has run alongside. Here are some images taken on 19-20 June
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leohickman: RT @carbonmeme: Climate change protest at Buckingham Palace - Press Association http://t.co/j2j8dgBq #eg
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leohickman: Climate protestors at Buck Palace RT @ClimateSiren: Early photos coming thru from our activists on site! http://t.co/wEsrSxDG #eg
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leohickman: Spot the difference: @GeorgeMonbiot's write-up of Rio http://t.co/JuDa7and And Lord Monckton's http://t.co/WkwdJrXH #eg
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