International conference in Brazil is expected to brings us a greener future

Jun 11, 2012 13:25 GMT  ·  By

This year's Rio+20 Earth Summit is expected to take place in Brazil between 20-22 June. Organized by the UN's department of Economic and Social Affairs, the conference is to tackle issues such as environmental protection, the well-being of nations throughout the world and the link between these two.

A similar meeting was hosted by the same country of Brazil back in 1992, when the representatives of various countries agreed on doing their best to raise environmental awareness and aid people living in undeveloped parts of the world.

Given the fact that, as recent studies show, human society is presently putting too much of a strain on global resources, one of the major topics to be dealt with at this conference is coming up with ways to reduce the constant damage done to the natural world by our ever-expanding population numbers and urban areas.

As well as this, solutions must be found to make food and water available to those who currently carry out a living without having their most basic needs met.

According to wwf.panda.org, the main idea is to raise awareness to the fact that our planet's energy crisis and the well-being of all nations are interconnected, and that whoever wants to solve one of these issues must necessarily also address the other.

Lasse Gustavssson, the executive director of conservation from WWF International explains that “For years, organizations, governments and businesses have seen food, water and energy security as distinct issues. But if we are to achieve access to adequate and safe food, water and energy, we need to take an integrated approach.”

Therefore, the Rio+20 Earth Summit is to take into consideration social, economic and environmental aspects and finally come up with clear-cut solutions for all of the aforementioned problems.

By coming up with Sustainable Development Goals, whose time limit will most likely be 2030, the Rio+20 conference is quite likely to encourage environmental protection and investments in undeveloped parts of the world.