Rio+20 realpolitik and its implications for "The future we want"
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 20-22, 2012. While the outcome document of the conference responded to most of the demands of the developing and emerging nations gathered in the Group of 77 (G-77), the European Union and many non-governmental organizations criticized the reform proposals for not going far enough and being too vague. In a surprising act of pragmatic Realpolitik, host country Brazil had proposed the compromise text shortly before the beginning of the conference, and then managed to push it through almost unaltered-and thus succeeded in reaching an agreement in Rio, despite the difficult pre-negotiations. The outcome document, 'The Future We Want,' however, reflects only a lowest common denominator of the community of states on international sustainability policy. Germany and the European Union should now strive to reach beyond these meager results in the upcoming post-Rio processes
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2012
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Authors: | Beisheim, Marianne ; Lode, Birgit ; Simon, Nils |
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Berlin : Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) |
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Series: | SWP Comments ; 25/2012 |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Research Report |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | hdl:10419/256206 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:swpcom:252012 [RePEc] |
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013196668
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