Besides protests, the civil societies have submitted a statement for governments called 'The Future We Don't Want' to express their dissatisfaction in the process.
The Rio+20 we don’t want:
The Future We Want is not to be found in the document that bears this name. The Future We Want is not what resulted from the Rio +20 negotiation process.
The future that we want has commitment and action, not just promises. It has the urgency needed to reverse the social, environmental and economic crisis, not postpone it. It has cooperation and is in tune with civil society and its aspirations, and not just the comfortable position of governments.
None of these can be found in the 283 paragraphs of the official document that will be the legacy of this Conference. The document entitled The Future We Want is weak and falls far short of the spirit and the advances made over the years since Rio-92. It even falls far short of the importance and urgency of the issues addressed. Fragile and generic agendas for future negotiations do not guarantee results.
Rio +20 will go into History as the UN conference that offered global society a outcome marked by serious omissions. It endangers the preservation and social and environmental resilience of the planet, as well as any guarantee of acquired human rights for present and future generations.
For all these reasons, we, as many civil society groups and individuals, register our profound disappointment with the heads of State, under whose guidance and orders the negotiators worked, and we state that we do not condone or endorse this document.
We are looking forward the necessary steps to be taken by our governments. While waiting for the change from the policymakers, why not we take the first step - get our people realised and aware of so call 'sustainable development'? I believe change is possible, but we people need to concern about it too- who will play the role? me, you, and many of you who read those articles and watched videos about Rio+20, millions of them who are affected by poverty, climate change, ... Let's begin today.
Overview of my observation in Rio+20 (not all, but limited due to low battery for video recording)
Interview with Kjell the Plant-for-the-planet
Useful links:
adoptanegotiator.org
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