1:51pm

Mon June 18, 2012
Humanosphere

Rio+20: Will it help save the planet or just be another useless meeting?

Credit Michael Free Jazz Faster / Flickr
Earth's population, as demonstrated by this image, certainly needs something to come out of this global meeting.

The threats to our well-being (well beyond climate change now) are quite real. The goals of Rio+20 – to arrive at consensus on what’s needed to avoid continuing this massive fouling of our nest – are perhaps more important to our future than any other meeting we could hope to hold.

So you’d think there would be some urgency to achieve something. Don’t hold your breath.

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