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Negotiations: 'The Girl Who Silenced the World' returns to Rio -- 06/19/2012 -- www.eenews.net

Cullis-Suzuki said she has grown skeptical of the top-down approach to negotiations

Rio + C40: Megacity Mayors Taking Action on Climate Change

C40 Cities have undertaken nearly 5,000 climate-related actions since the network first formed in 2005

Rio+20: anger and dismay at weakened draft agreement | Environment | guardian.co.uk

"It's pathetic," said Jim Leape, the head of WWF. "If this text proposed by Brazil is accepted, then the last year of negotiations has been a colossal waste of time. If you saw this document without knowing what it was supposed to be, you might think Rio+20 was convened as a seminar."

The private sector's role in fighting climate change | Marketplace.org

Hobson: As you travel around the world, what's the best country when it comes to dealing with climate change? Who's doing a really good job at this?

de Boer: I'm probably going to mention a country that will surprise you. I think in terms of understanding that we fundamentally need to change the direction of economic growth, China for me is way out in front.

Rio Eco-Summit Fights Conference Fatigue

New Delhi, Jun 19 (PTI) R K Pachauri, Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), has been conferred with the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle at the G20 Summit in Los Cabos.

The award was presented to Pachauri by Mexican President Felipe Calderon at the closing ceremony of a seminar on "Innovative Thinking for Global Challenges: Constructing the G-20 Agenda for the future", TERI said in a statement here today.

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