At the Rio Conference, the year follow up to the Earth Summit of 1992, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and other groups, will come together to define a global policy agenda to reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental sustainabilityRio Rio is the abbreviated name for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from to 22 June 12 twenty years after the landmark 1992 Earth Summit in the same city Rio was also an opportunity to look ahead to the world we want in years The Río Convention (Río de Janeiro, 22 June, 12) will revisit the Río Summit years later and will focus on a green economy in the context of sustainable development poverty
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