19th
June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, The new and final text entitles "The Future We Want" out at the Rio+20
negotiation shows that the new deal does nothing to address the environmental
and social crises the world is facing nor does it tackle in any way the
structural causes of the economic crises we are facing.
This failure by our governments to respond to people’s needs and benefits only the corporate
polluters that hold UN decision-making hostage to further their economic
interests.
The deal does not prevent countries from selling out nature to multinational
corporations, nor does it include any measures to hold corporations accountable
for their negative impacts.
This text is does not provide any new financial commitment and no technology
transfer to developing countries. While the so called “Green Economy” does not
have the prominent role that some would have wished to see in this declaration,
and this is a victory for all those opposed to the destructive Green Economy
agenda promoted by industrialized countries and multinational corporations.
Some industrialized countries tried to delete the Rio Principles
agreed 20 years ago from the Summit declaration but fortunately their attempt
failed.
The text promotes mining, which is a serious environmental destruction
to the environment. Further, it requests the Members
of the WTO to redouble their efforts to achieve an ambitious, balanced and
development-oriented conclusion to the Doha Development Agenda.
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