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Rio: A Global Consensus on the Environment |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / ANALYSIS |
| Author: Edgar Maravi |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1992 |
| Size: 2,005 Words, 13,315 Characters |
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Although to many Americans the historic UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro in June will best be remembered as the event where the United States stood firm in its refusal to sign a previously unknown international treaty on biological diversity, the "Earth Summit" may in time prove to be a turning point in dealing with environmental issues.
Not only was the treaty on biodiversity signed, by over 100 nations, but a treaty on climate change, an agreement on forest principles, a blueprint for acting on global environmental issues called "Agenda 21," and a "Rio Declaration" were also signed, by more than 150 heads of state who attended the conference. These accords have already had a tremendous cumulative effect on governments' efforts to protect t...
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...raged to initiate plans for industrial transition processes with realistic phase-out goals. Gradually industrial strategies would enable production of "green" manufacturing and technology with increasing capital formation and higher levels of employment. Certainly, the Rio conference has paved the way toward diminishing skepticism between the corporate world and the environmental community. vbcrlf
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