Rio+20 Highlights

This story will be updated daily with social media posts regarding the Rio+20 Sustainable Development Conference and the Future We Want campaign. Check back daily and stay tuned!

  1. Wrapping up! Today is the last day of the Rio+20 conference~ June 22nd

  2. #rioplus20 It is in the present that we create the future we want.
  3. Forum for women leaders on gender equality, power of women and sustainable development
  4. Powerful Women: Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia shakes hands with President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff
  5. As Rio+20 ends today, what is worth retaining from this historic conference is that Rio+20 is not the end, but a beginning of the next stage on our journey to deliver on sustainable development in a wind-wind entrepreneurial partnership with youths, indigenous populations, public and private partners.
  6. Rio+20: Biggest ever UN summit ends with faint glimmer of hope: The biggest ever United Nations conference on th... bit.ly/LMTiZB
  7. Rio+20: More than 50 Countries, $50 Billion in Pledges for UN’s “Sustainable Energy for All” dlvr.it/1ll6Rm
  8. World Scouting Delegation-Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil #scout #rioplus20 #scouting #rio20 http://pic.twitter.com/Z3M3wW3i
  9. End of Rio+20 A step forward or backward towards the future we want? The United Nations Biggest conference in history come to and end today. The biggest questions is or contested issue is wheather the political commitments made in 1992 will be reaffirmed as still valid today. To come up with a new action plan to counter the crises which have become much more serious than 20 years ago. weather green econmy as designated priority, or sustainable development goal which are expected to be one of the key issues as well as institutional framework for sustainable development to ensure the institutions are up to the task, an agreemet about strengthened and give more resources or the omngoing dispute as to weather the UNEP should become a specialized agency. Also contested issue is providing finance and technlogy to developing countries to enable their switch to enviromentally sound developing parth. Rio+20 should at least renew the original commitments of new and additional financial resources and that effort are made to meet the aid target of 0.7 percemt of gross national product.Even, there are restriction by some developed countries especially US and CANADA. Finally And most importantly, all this must not end at the talking point Rio+20 must not fail for it not to, we have to see it as a collective responsibility we are all involve and we have a part to play then we can truly acheive the future we want.
  10. Calls to end fossil-fuel incentives raise interest at Rio+20 meeting sbne.ws/r/aVTY
  11. As #Rio+20 comes to an end, one can only hope that much needed action is taken and that green issues are not just paid lip service.
  12. Day 2 of Rio+20! ~June 21st

  13. All the world leaders that are attending Rio+20! Say 'cheese!'
  14. Officials that reached an agreement regarding the Rio+20 Outcome document
  15. Edward Norton comes to talk about biodiversity and how it is an undervalued topic
  16. @EdwardNorton I just read that you are here in Brazil! One request, please raise the issue about ocean conservation in Rio+20!

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