Human Wrongs Watch
By Kumi Naidoo (Greenpeace*) – The Future we Want is nowhere to be found in the already agreed Rio+20 outcome text, which world leaders are now rubber stamping and Greenwashing. The spin cycle has begun. At the same time some 20,000 people marched on the streets of Rio in protest with an air of despair but clinging to hope.
Host President Dilma Rousseff’s rhetoric could not be further from the reality of the tragic missed opportunity of the weak deal being agreed in Rio. Her grand sounding adjectives describing the result as involving “courage, ambition, responsibility and urgency” are totally dissonant with the lack of commitment, targets and cash put on the table here.
The two summits on sustainable development happening in Rio right now could not be more different. The Peoples’ Summit is buzzing with hope and solutions while 40km across town, the Rio+20 Summit was damp with despair and problems.
In the tented Peoples’ Summit ideas and opportunities are being shared about how to address the crises of environment, equity and ecology.