Rio+20 summit: Ecocidal, shameful and downright criminal

In the years to come- assuming our species survives the inevitable fallout- the epic failure of last week’s crucial Rio+20 summit may well go down in history as the worst crime against the natural world mankind has ever committed.

The UN conference on sustainable development, held in Rio de Janeiro, had the catchy slogan ‘The future we want.’ It supposedly had the aim of drawing up tough new measures on clean air and water, renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, green transport and economy, deforestation and protection of marine life, as well as tackling the vitally important human issues of famine, poverty and desertification in developing nations.