Healing the planet: "the U.N. staff delegation to the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio+20, has been minimised to approximately 1,400"

RIO+20: U.N. Aims To Offset its Own Carbon Footprint - AlertNet

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 1 (IPS) - As the international community readies for a global mega-conference on sustainable development in Brazil mid-June, the United Nations is determined to practice what it preaches to the outside world: improve resource efficiency and drastically reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions.With over 50,000-60,000 participants worldwide scheduled to arrive in Rio de Janeiro, the U.N. staff delegation to the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio+20, has been minimised to approximately 1,400 - primarily for economic and environmental reasons.

But even so, the 1,400 participants, according to U.N. statistics, will generate an