Earth Summit

Expectations low for Rio+20 U.N. development summit
Children lift a balloon depicting Earth at a June 18 event related with the Rio+20 U.N. development summit in Rio de Janeiro. (The Asahi Shimbun)
June 19, 2012
RIO DE JANEIRO--As Brazil welcomes nearly 120 heads of state and government for a summit on global development this week, the mood could not be more different than it was two...
ANALYSIS: Tough talks expected at Rio+20 as...
The Asahi Shimbun
June 11, 2012
Order in the global economic assistance framework is changing with the rapid growth of newly emerging economies represented by China and the stagnation of advanced nations such ...
Nations divided ahead of Rio+20
Forest devastated by illegal logging in the Amazon (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
June 07, 2012
With the start of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro just two weeks away, negotiators are struggling to bring together widely divergent...
RIO+20/ FAO: World can feed more people more...
FAO's Director General Jose Graziano da Silva (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
May 30, 2012
MILAN--The world can feed itself with less food output than previously forecast if it turns to sustainable farming, cuts waste and stops excessive consumption, the United...
ANALYSIS: Political shift will make or break Rio+20 ...
Rio Earth Summit in 1992 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
May 11, 2012
WASHINGTON/LONDON--The shifting sands of geopolitics, marked by rapid growth of big, emerging economies such as Brazil and China while traditionally rich countries fall behind, ...
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