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At Rio+20 Summit, little actual disappointment over lack of progress

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As the global economic crisis has consumed more and more time and attention, focus on the global warming crisis has waned. So it wasn’t surprising when President Barack Obama chose not to attend the Rio+20 conference this week in Brazil, and it also was unsurprising when there was little progress reported there.

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RIO+20: The Earth Conference Revisited

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RIO + 5: A PRIMER

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RIO + 5: RIO EARTH SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER

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The Global Forum

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Indigenous Conference

Prothap Chatterjee attended the meeting of leaders of indigenous peoples two weeks prior to the Rio Summit. Native leaders are concerned that their voices will not be heard at the conference.

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Rio Summit Scene Setter

Peter Thomson provides a backgrounder on the issues of economic development and the environment  ?- two issues which seem to be colliding at the largest meeting of heads of state ever assembled.

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Unprep’ed for Uncled

NPR’s David Welna reports on the slow start on preparations for the giant United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, or Earth Summit, to be held next month in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Major construction on the site of the official conference began only a month ago, while organizers of a large meeting of non-governmental […]

Earth Summit Talks Bogged Down

Steve talks with New York Times reporter Paul Lewis about the slow progress of environmental treaty negotiations at the United Nations. Several major treaties are supposed to be ready for the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in June. But with the negotiating deadline approaching, member countries are still haggling over […]

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Almanac/Rio Summit

This week, reporter John Rudolph takes us back ten years to the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. After a last minute decision to attend the summit, the elder George Bush received criticism of his environmental agenda.