State of global environmental governance 2021
Negotiating global agreements on climate action, biodiversity restoration, plastic pollution control, and other environmental crises is not easy at the best of times-and 2021 was far from that. Shifting
Global Environmental Agreements
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Summit of inaction
The Earth Summit was a historical opportunity to set the world on the correct development trajectory. Negotiators from 191 countries came together to chart a road map for sustainable development and poverty
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Don't blame us
<p>For two decades, the club of rich nations has failed to reduce carbon emissions in a meaningful way. It did not grant emerging markets the atmospheric space they need to develop, and has begun to blame
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Rio plus nothing
The 20-year commemoration of the historic Earth Summit produced nothing except more words. (Editorial)
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A first step
The agreement for modest commitments to sustainable development after 2015, reached at last week's Earth conference in Rio de Janeiro, has been roundly condemned as inadequate, or even an outright failure.
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Wealth gap curbs Rio goals
Brazil’s celebrated coastal metropolis is defined by stark contrasts, both geographic and economic. Extravagant wealth rings the city’s luxurious beaches, while poverty looks on from the haphazard developments
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Back to Earth
The world has a surfeit of pledges, commitments and treaties. What it needs from the second Earth summit in Rio is firm leadership and a viable plan for success.
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Rio report card
The world has failed to deliver on many of the promises it made 20 years ago at the Earth summit in Brazil.
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Lead by example
As host nation of Rio+20, Brazil should choose the right course for its own development, say Fabio Scarano, André Guimarães and José Maria da Silva.
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Antarctic Treaty is cold comfort
Researchers need to cement the bond between science and the South Pole if the region is to remain one of peace and collaboration. (Editorial)
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Sustainable development in India: stocktaking in the run up to Rio+20
<p><span id="itro1">This new <a href="../../category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef" target="_parent">MoEF</a> report documents India’s evolving framework for sustainable development