What happened before, during, and after Rio+20 and what, if anything, went wrong? Where might one turn for some understanding of what the Rio+20 outcomes mean?
As of this date, and with the help of members of the group, the list of items bearing on these questions is as follows: Chasek/IISD <http://www.iisd.ca/uncsd/rio20/enb/> http://www.iisd.ca/uncsd/rio20/enb/ Pearce/Yale e360 <http://e360.yale.edu/feature/beyond_rios_disappointment_finding_a_path_to_t he_future/2547/> http://e360.yale.edu/feature/beyond_rios_disappointment_finding_a_path_to_th e_future/2547/ Prideaux/MWN <http://wildmigration.org/newsletter.php?newsletter_select=29> http://wildmigration.org/newsletter.php?newsletter_select=29 James et al./CAP <http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/06/rio_text.html> http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/06/rio_text.html Halle/IISD <http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2012/com_life_after_rio.pdf> http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2012/com_life_after_rio.pdf Montague/TBIJ <http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/06/22/analysis-rio-20-epic-fail/> http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/06/22/analysis-rio-20-epic-fail/ Dalkmann/WRI <http://insights.wri.org/news/2012/06/rio20-rear-view-whats-road-ahead-susta inable-transportation> http://insights.wri.org/news/2012/06/rio20-rear-view-whats-road-ahead-sustai nable-transportation Meynen et al./EJOLT <http://www.ejolt.org/section/blog/> http://www.ejolt.org/section/blog/ Worth/Major Groups (video statement) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQbo9fPqZbs&feature=player_embedded> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQbo9fPqZbs&feature=player_embedded Boyd/IISD <http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/2012/06/25/its-called-an-un- sustainable-development-conference-for-a-reason/> http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/2012/06/25/its-called-an-un-s ustainable-development-conference-for-a-reason/ Leape/WWF <http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?205343/WWF-Rio20-closing-statement> http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?205343/WWF-Rio20-closing-statement Greenpeace (press statement) <http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/press/releases/Greenpeace-Press- Statement-Rio20-Earth-Summit-a-failure-of-epic-proportions/> http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/press/releases/Greenpeace-Press-S tatement-Rio20-Earth-Summit-a-failure-of-epic-proportions/ Mittler/Greenpeace <http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/beyond-ri o20-lets-mobilize-for-a-better-world/blog/41095/> http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/beyond-rio 20-lets-mobilize-for-a-better-world/blog/41095/ Birdlife International <http://www.birdlife.org/community/2012/06/reflections-rio-reaffirming-renew ing-rhetoric-anything-really-changed/> http://www.birdlife.org/community/2012/06/reflections-rio-reaffirming-renewi ng-rhetoric-anything-really-changed/ Lieberman/Pew (txt + video statement) <http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/press-releases/some-progress-at-rio -but-no-time-to-waste-85899400661> http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/press-releases/some-progress-at-rio- but-no-time-to-waste-85899400661 Wagner/Linkages Update (IISD) <http://www.iisd.ca/linkages-update/191/> http://www.iisd.ca/linkages-update/191/ Sanwal/SD List (developing country perspective) <http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/blogs/rio20-begining-global-transf ormation-and-new-multilateralism> http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/blogs/rio20-begining-global-transfo rmation-and-new-multilateralism Norden (Nordic region) <http://www.norden.org/en/news-and-events/news/rio-20-big-step-forward-on-su stainable-consumption-and-production> http://www.norden.org/en/news-and-events/news/rio-20-big-step-forward-on-sus tainable-consumption-and-production Smith/RTCC <http://www.rtcc.org/rtcc/a-week-in-climate-change-five-things-we-learnt-4/> http://www.rtcc.org/rtcc/a-week-in-climate-change-five-things-we-learnt-4/ Watts & Ford/The Guardian <http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/23/rio-20-earth-summit-docum ent> http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/23/rio-20-earth-summit-docume nt Romero & Broder/New York Times <http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/23/rio-20-earth-summit-docum ent> http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/23/rio-20-earth-summit-docume nt Monbiot/The Guardian <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/25/rio-governments-will-no t-save-planet> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/25/rio-governments-will-not -save-planet Beinecke & Van Noppen/New York Times <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/23/opinion/after-rio20-we-have-to-solve-the- earths-problems.html> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/23/opinion/after-rio20-we-have-to-solve-the-e arths-problems.html Kothari/Tehelka <http://www.tehelka.com/story_main53.asp?filename=Op070712Ashish.asp> http://www.tehelka.com/story_main53.asp?filename=Op070712Ashish.asp Chen/China Daily <http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/29/content_15534416.htm> http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/29/content_15534416.htm Vidal/The Guardian <http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/jun/27/ri o20-reasons-cheerful> http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/jun/27/rio 20-reasons-cheerful Chatterjee/CorpWatch <http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15746> http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15746 Associated Press <http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/06/23/world/americas/ap-lt-brazil-rio2 0-outcome.html> http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/06/23/world/americas/ap-lt-brazil-rio20 -outcome.html IUCN <http://www.iucn.org/news_homepage/events/iucn___rio___20/on_the_road_to_rio __bonn_2011/?10227/20-years-on-civil-society-leads-in-Rio> http://www.iucn.org/news_homepage/events/iucn___rio___20/on_the_road_to_rio_ _bonn_2011/?10227/20-years-on-civil-society-leads-in-Rio Griffin/Bloomberg <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-26/rio-20-on-the-same-planet-but-not- the-same-page.html> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-26/rio-20-on-the-same-planet-but-not-t he-same-page.html Deen/Inter Press Service <http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/06/rio20-promised-green-economy-was-a-fake-say- activists/> http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/06/rio20-promised-green-economy-was-a-fake-say-a ctivists/ Marshall/Huffington Post <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/katherine-marshall/rio-20-point-of-no-return_ b_1620596.html> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/katherine-marshall/rio-20-point-of-no-return_b _1620596.html Boykoff & Osnes http://www.insidethegreenhouse.net If the list is migrated to a server, to make it easier to use for teaching purposes in the coming academic year, the address will be circulated later. Further amendments/additions to the list will be made, as warranted. [Context: Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith, From Sleeping Treaties to the Giddy Insomnia of Global Governance: How International Wildlife Law Makes Headway, 15 J. Int'l Wildlife L. & Pol'y 80-94 (2012). PDF copy available on request. For additional context, see Georgina Mace, The Limits to Sustainability Science: Ecological Constraints or Endless Innovation? PLoS Biol 10(6): e1001343. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001343, and the papers by Burger at al. and by Matthews and Boltz in the same issue and cited therein]. Geoffrey. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith Emeritus Professor of Political Science University of California, Davis. Associate Editor, JIWLP.
