On the Road to Rio de Janeiro...Again Getting Ready for Rio+20

摘要

Like its predecessors, Rio+20 is long on drive, aiming to speed development of a global green economy in the context of poverty eradication andrnsustainable development and on establishing a better institutional framework governing the process. It must be acknowledged, however, that the process faces long odds for success-by which is meant creating conditions to foster the emergence of sustainable societies and markets quickly enough to avoid the ecological and human catastrophe that science warns may be looming.rnRio+20 will be defined by leadership and courage (or their absence). Rio 1992 was judged as a mild success and as a wake-up call. Rio+20 will succeed only by catalyzing rapid global action. The private sector, with its unique ability to enact rapid changes across markets and regions, as well as its capability to scuttle policy reforms that it views as threatening, will be a critical player at the table. With the right degree of foresight, and some degree of luck, it just might choose to lead and make Rio+20 a success.