World Environment Day: Why Rio+20 Matters

5 June 2012

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/joe-ware/world-environment-day-rio_b_1559193.html

by Joe Ware

With the global economy still in the doldrums, this year's World Environment Day on 5 June is trumpeting the merits of the Green Economy as an alternative way of creating jobs and growth – without trashing the planet.

It also takes place 15 days before the snappily-titled Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, which kicks off in Brazil's most famous party town.