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In an unprecedented move, the Fossil of the Day award
\n\twas today given to ALL governments attending the Rio+20 summit. NGOs
\n\treacted to the adoption of a shockingly weak outcome text applauded by
\n\tall governments in the plenary this morning, pointing out that –
\n\tcontrary to the document's title – the agreement did NOT reflect the
\n\tfuture they want.<\/p>\n
\tThe text of today's Fossil award reads as follows:<\/p>\n
\t"For the first time ever, yesterday, we awarded Big Oil a Fossil of the
\n\tday – and the Fossil itself became the target of a protest by some angry
\n\tbillionaire CEO’s.<\/p>\n
\tToday, we faced a monumental task deciding just who to award the fossil
\n\tto. Obviously the perpetual podium contenders came up, Canada for
\n\ttarring Rio+20 by cutting out funding, commitments and so much more. The
\n\tUnited States and Japan, for weilding the literal and metaphorical
\n\tdelete button, cutting up the text like a ribbon, and the other Big Oil
\n\tstates for weakening language on subsidies and trying their best to cut
\n\tthe climate out of Rio. But for some reason we just didn’t feel like
\n\tthat was doing it justice, too many people were getting off the hook.<\/p>\n
\tThe outcome so far in Rio is an epic failure. Yet all governments have
\n\tapplauded it, as if selling out the planet and people were a grand
\n\tsuccess.<\/p>\n
\tThis is NOT the future we want, if anything this is the future that big
\n\tpolluters have bought.<\/p>\n
\tWith this text Rio+20 is turning back the clock on sustainable
\n\tdevelopment. As nations hide behind economic uncertainty, they continue
\n\tto give upwards of trillion dollars a year to the fossil fuel industry –
\n\tyet here in Rio they’ve all come up with empty pockets. The first step
\n\tis to turn that trillion green and make it work for the people and the
\n\tplanet, and like I said, that's just the first step. There is still
\n\tmiles to go on oceans, the sustainable development goals, or even having
\n\tthe ambition to build a pathway to just, sustainable future.<\/p>\n
\tBecause every country has applauded this document, and no country has
\n\thad the guts to step up and be a champion for the people and the planet,
\n\tthis fossil is for every single nation here, and for all the world
\n\tleaders beginning to arrive for what has become a glorified photo op to
\n\tsign a declaration of destruction and a plan for pollution.<\/p>\n
\tThere are 3 days left here in Rio, and without a change this summit
\n\twill go down in history as more than simply a failure, and those leaders
\n\twho sign off on its demise will be known as the architects of
\n\tdestruction. So as we hand out this, the biggest fossil yet, Heads of
\n\tState and their representatives need to remember one thing: the whole
\n\tworld is watching, the planet is burning, and they are holding matches."<\/p>\n
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