“Rio+20” is the short name for the United
Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. 20 years ago, United
Nations Conference on Environment/climate change and Development was held in Rio de Janeiro from 3-14 June 1992. This was the
first United Nations Conference on Environment and Development .152 World
leaders made a remarkable deal in Brazil Rio de Janeiro and Agenda 21, the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Rio Declaration
was born. These led to big changes in the way of solving global environmental
and development problems the world faced at the time, hoping to ensure poverty
ceases from being the order of the day.
Rio +20 earth summits on sustainable
development which is expected to take place from 20th - 22nd June 2012,
will bring together world leaders and participants from the private sector,
NGOs, and sustainable development conscious groups. The aim of the earth summit
on sustainable development is to assess the progress made so far, come up with
new agreements to enhance sustainable development, environment and climate change.
Ironically climate change impacts are today more evident than ever locally and
internationally, and they include environmental degradation, lack of food and
water security and increased poverty in the developing countries. Many nations
are waiting expectantly for the Rio+20
conferences to come up with concrete measures to save the environment and help
developing countries continue to deal with poverty. The official agenda will
focus on two main themes:-
·
How to build a green economy for achievement of
sustainable development and poverty reduction
·
How to improve international coordination for
poverty reduction and sustainable development.
