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The beach at the popular tourist resort of Puerto Peñasco in the state of Sonora, Mexico, September 2018.

Mexico’s clean energy plan could run into trouble at leaders’ summit

Energy

The North American leaders will be discussing immigration and the recapture of the son of drug cartel kingpin “El Chapo.” But also high on the agenda: a dispute over energy.

New Leak: U.S. and Britain Eavesdropped on World Leaders in 2009

The World

Chicago’s Other Summit: The Future of Afghanistan’s Women

Lifestyle & Belief

This Week’s Agenda: NATO Summit, G8 Conference, Rajat Gupta Trial, NAACP’s Gay Marriage Endorsement

Obama Welcomes New French President to White House

Global Politics
The World

After the Earth Summit, the Real Rio Remains

Living on Earth’s Peter Thomson reports on Rio de Janeiro’s slums, or favelas  ? the neighborhoods that were left behind in the effort to polish up for the Earth Summit. This report was produced by George Homsy.

The World

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 […]

The World

Alternative Summit Talks

Evelyn Tully-Costa reports on the meetings in New York this month of people who say they and their environmental concerns are being shut out of the UN Earth Summit process.

Voice of the People

The 2002 Earth Summit may be over, but the talks are not. Conference attendees gathered together for a post-summit party in the spirit of the South African word “ubuntu,” meaning “coming together for the common good.”

World Summit on Sustainable Development

The World Summit on Sustainable Development is expected to draw more than 60,000 people to South Africa at the end of the month. Host Steve Curwood speaks with Jan Pronk, special UN envoy to the summit, about what to expect from the talks.