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Disappointed EU cites Rio+20 bright spots
Jun 25, 2012 (UPI)
The European Union tempered its general disappointment over the Rio+20 climate meetings by praising its endorsement of a "green economy." EU Environment Commiss...
'China fund' turns to Japan amid Europe fears
Jun 24, 2012 (AFP)
Europe's financial turmoil has seen the Chinese government quietly pour tens of billions of dollars into Japan's stock market, analysts say, despite the neighbo...
Rio+20 shows UN 'impotence' in global eco-crisis: analysts
Jun 23, 2012 (AFP)
The outcome of the Rio+20 summit provides further proof that the nation-state system is failing badly in tackling global environmental threats, say analysts. Th...
Under-fire UN summit issues environment, poverty blueprint
Jun 22, 2012 (AFP)
The biggest UN summit on sustainable development in a decade approved a strategy on Friday to haul more than a billion people out poverty and cure the sickness ...
Discord overshadows Rio+20 summit debate
Jun 21, 2012 (AFP)
Discord overshadowed debate about the world's environment at the Rio+20 UN summit Thursday, while celebrities clamored for a sanctuary to protect the riches of ...
China manufacturing stalls as Beijing consider relaxing FDI rules
Jun 21, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese manufacturing activity hit a seven-month low in June, data from HSBC showed Thursday, putting pressure on Beijing to do more to boost the world's second...
Native peoples tell Rio: green economy is a 'crime'
Jun 21, 2012 (AFP)
Indigenous peoples from five countries told the UN Rio+20 summit on Thursday that the green economy is a "crime against humanity" that dollarises Mother Nature ...
Outside View: Averting financial meltdown
Jun 20, 2012 (UPI)
Financial markets and global economies are far from recovered and remain vulnerable to massive disruption. Quantitative easing in the United Kingdom; elections ...
China, India step up global role with fund
Jun 20, 2012 (AFP)
After years of pressure to take a greater role in global affairs, China and India have stepped up by contributing to a new IMF emergency fund -- from which the ...
World leaders weigh 'green' economy at Rio summit
Jun 20, 2012 (AFP)
World leaders attending a UN summit in Rio on Wednesday weighed steps to root out poverty and protect the environment as thousands of activists marched through ...
Rio+20: Relief but few smiles as deal forged on eve of summit
Jun 19, 2012 (AFP)
After exhausting negotiations concluding on the eve of a global summit, UN members on Tuesday backed a plan for nursing Earth's sick environment back to health ...
UN environment haggle runs into problems ahead of summit
Jun 18, 2012 (AFP)
Negotiations on a UN blueprint to fix Earth's damaged environment, eradicate poverty and promote green jobs hit snags on Monday two days ahead of a global summi...
Walker's World: It's France, not Greece
Jun 18, 2012 (UPI)
The messy and confused result of Sunday's election in Greece is probably not going to change anything soon for the fate of the euro but France's less closely wa...
India and Russia boost IMF crisis firewall
Jun 18, 2012 (AFP)
India and Russia each pledged $10 billion on Monday for an IMF firewall meant to prevent future crises, marking a new level of commitment by emerging economies ...
CEOs pledge sustainability, urge 'green revolution'
Jun 18, 2012 (AFP)
Business leaders gathered at a Rio+20 conference Monday pledged sustainable policies and joined a call for world leaders to usher in "a green industrial revolut...
IMF to firm up $430 bn crisis fund with China's help
Jun 17, 2012 (AFP)
After searching for months for cash, the IMF looks able to firm up a huge emergency "firewall" fund for crisis prevention after China said Sunday that big emerg...
China creates model for sustainable urban living
Jun 17, 2012 (AFP)
At first glance, Tianjin Eco-City looks much like any other upscale Chinese urban development, with its rows of identical apartment blocks, wide roads and manic...
Corporations pledge sustainability at Rio+20
Jun 17, 2012 (AFP)
Microsoft and other firms attending the Rio+20 business forum are falling over each other to prove their corporate responsibility credentials, but critics remai...
Rio's message of gloom will follow absentee leaders
Jun 16, 2012 (AFP)
President Barack Obama heads a list of high profile absentees for the Rio sustainable development summit this week where UN leaders say some tough decisions wil...
2012 vital year for Chine's economy: upbeat Hu
Jun 15, 2012 (AFP)
2012 is a vital year for China as it moves into a new five-year plan, an upbeat Chinese President Hu Jintao said Friday in the first and only public speech of h...
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