Prepare for Rio+20

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conference, sustainable

(RTCC article) The Rio+20 (UN Conference on Sustainable Development) is now less than a month away. The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gives recommendations for the “painfully slow” negotiations in Global Classrooms International Model UN Conference:

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“We’re Stepping backwards” – 2012 Bonn Climate Talks

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climate change, conference

(Guardian) Little progress was made over the last two weeks at the Bonn Climate Talks. “Climate crisis is not caused by lack of options and solutions, but lack of political action,” says Greenpeace spokeswoman. Read “Bonn Climate Talks End In Discord and Disappointment” for more information.

Oxfam action at Bonn climate talks, credit: Robert van Waarden