A few months ahead of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, 'Rio+20', to be held in Brazil in June 2012, Laurence Tubiana and other research and political experts make an appeal to the international community: "Now is the Time! Why 'Rio+20' must succeed".
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"In June 2012 world leaders will gather in Rio de Janeiro for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (“Rio+20”) to advance a global green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication. Moreover, governments pledged to kick start overdue reform of the United Nations institutional framework for sustainable development. We call upon the heads of state and government to seize this historic opportunity with bold decisions rather than continued incrementalism."
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"Now is the Time! Why 'Rio+20' must succeed"
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