Not everyone agrees (Image: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)
FROM now on, it’s every nation for itself. UN environmental diplomacy hit the buffers here in Rio de Janeiro. In future, green action will come about through economic self-interest or not at all.
An environmental crusade that began 20 years ago in this same city with high hopes that governments could join forces to rescue the planet and develop sustainably has come to an end with a toothless declaration that commits nobody to anything.
The Rio+20 Earth Summit was “more of a whimper than a roar”, said Manish Bapna, president of the World Resources…
