Rio+20 summit: Opening day live blog | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The verbs tell the story. The word "encourage" appears 50 times, the phrase "we will" only five; "support" is used 99 times, "must" just three.

Paternalism in the age of climate change | Grist

The causal chain between individual actions and changes in the climate is extremely long and hazy.

The State Of Play In Rio: Draft Agreement Sparks 'Alarm And Concern' | ThinkProgress

“We are deeply disappointed,” said Gita Sen, a founding member of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era. Sen lamented that much of the language on women’s rights had been stripped from the text, calling it a “war on the human rights of women.”

Twitter / kellyrigg: @CFigueres proposes negoti

@CFigueres proposes negotiators bring their kids to these mtgs, so they have to take decisions in front of them. Big applause! ‪#Rioplus20

Twitter / eroston: Daddy, can you just vote s

Daddy, can you just vote so we can go...?! MT @kellyrigg @CFigueres proposes negotiators bring their kids to these mtgs... ‪#Rioplus20‬

[Brainwashed] 17-year-old Kiwi shames world leaders into action at Rio | Grist

There needs to be a revolution. We need a complete change in what we think of as human capacity. We can fix these problems. Some people think it’s too overwhelming to talk about, but if we don’t, we may reach one of these tipping points. I’m not willing to risk finding out.

...There’s no getting away form the nerves. I mean, I’m speaking to 140 world leaders. But I’m more excited than nervous.