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| Blogs by Sunita Narain | ||
 Sunita Narain, Date: June 25, 2012
World leaders attending Rio+20 did nothing to tackle the interlinked crises of economy and ecology, says Sunita Narain after attending the second Earth Summit at Rio
Sunita Narain, Date: June 16, 2012
It was June of 1992. The location was Rio de Janeiro. The occasion was the world conference on environment and development. A large number of people had come out on the streets. They were protesting the arrival of George Bush senior, the then president of the US.
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| Reportage by Arnab Pratim Dutta | ||
 Arnab Pratim Dutta, Date: June 20, 2012
Calls for doing away with green protectionism through trade barriers while dealing with environmental matters
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| What happened 20 years ago | ||
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Date: July 15, 1992
UNCED saw the largest ever gathering of heads of government in history. Ceremony, glitter and pomp were played out against a backdrop of demonstrations, haggling and scandal. The Down to Earth team, which witnessed the entire pageant, records its impressions
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July 15, 1992
EVERY time an American family decides to take its car out, the resulting carbon dioxide adds to the existing stock in the atmosphere for at least a hundred years. When the polar cap cannot bear the trapped heat, it will melt and drown the distant country of Maldives or Bangladesh. Every time somebody in the United Kingdom decides to use a fire extinguisher with halons, it is the Australians and the Chileans who are likely to feel the impact of the ozone hole.
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| Expectations from Rio | ||
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Roli Mahajan, Date: June 14, 2012
Over 50,000 people representing a cross section of society, from environmental activists to corporate representatives and from civilians to government delegates, are expected attend the UN summit on sustainable development at Rio this year.
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Betwa Sharma; Date: June 11, 2012
Green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication are the two themes of the summit, but consensus eludes on both fronts, writes Betwa Sharma from New York
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| Photo Gallery>> Glimpses of Peoples' Summit at Rio | ||
Good job bringing this to light. People won't realise how huge the problem is and municipalities are woefully ill equipped to...
Agreed; mining can never be sustainable, but then how do you get the metals to make all the things you need in the course of...
Very good piece.