Rio +20 Negotiations Weaken Water & Energy Pledges - No Committments From Developed World
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There is implicit criticism of the EU's recent move to charge airlines for their greenhouse gas emissions, with a clause saying that countries or regional blocs should not take "unilateral actions to deal with environmental challenges outside the jurisdiction of the importing country".
Other ingredients of the new text include:
Guarantees of gender equality in employment and health care
No requirement for corporations to measure and report on the sustainability of their operations, as has been included in earlier versions
A commitment to tackle youth unemployment
A limited upgrade for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), without the major elevation in status that many observers have been advocating
The Brazilian hosts say they want negotiators to finish work on the new text by the end of Monday - allowing one day's grace before the three-day summit involving heads of government begins.
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Ed. - Check out the new ingredients above - way to focus, guys! 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18475469
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> implicit criticism of the EU's recent move to charge airlines for their greenhouse gas emissions
> Guarantees of gender equality in employment and health care
> No requirement for corporations to measure and report on the sustainability of their operations,
> as has been included in earlier versions
> A commitment to tackle youth unemployment
Items #2 & #4 are off-topic bollocks for a supposedly environment-focussed conference.
Items #1 & #3 are actual steps backwards from solving the problems.
Still, I'm sure that all of the Very Important People will have a lovely sunny time
whilst glossing over any issue of relevence to the environment or sustainability.
