Let me suggest the value of keeping an informal log of post-Rio+20 analyses or assessments, and thank those who have already contributed items.
In England, while Rio+20 was in progress, I noted a generally negative press for the conference across those British newspapers that bothered to report on Rio+20 at all. In other recent online reports or post-mortems assessments are mixed but there is essentially scant good news. What happened and what, if anything, went wrong? Where might one turn for some understanding of what the Rio+20 outcomes mean? [Context: Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith, From Sleeping Treaties to the Giddy Insomnia of Global Governance: How International Wildlife Law Makes Headway, 15 J. Int'l Wildlife L. & Pol'y 80-94 (2012). PDF copy available on request]. Here's the list I have at this point: Chasek/IISD <http://www.iisd.ca/uncsd/rio20/enb/> http://www.iisd.ca/uncsd/rio20/enb/ Prideaux/MWN <http://wildmigration.org/newsletter.php?newsletter_select=29> http://wildmigration.org/newsletter.php?newsletter_select=29 James et al./CAP <http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/06/rio_text.html> http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/06/rio_text.html Halle/IISD <http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2012/com_life_after_rio.pdf> http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2012/com_life_after_rio.pdf Montague/TBIJ <http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/06/22/analysis-rio-20-epic-fail/> http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/06/22/analysis-rio-20-epic-fail/ Dalkmann/WRI <http://insights.wri.org/news/2012/06/rio20-rear-view-whats-road-ahead-susta inable-transportation> http://insights.wri.org/news/2012/06/rio20-rear-view-whats-road-ahead-sustai nable-transportation Watts & Ford/The Guardian <http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/23/rio-20-earth-summit-docum ent> http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/23/rio-20-earth-summit-docume nt Romero & Broder/New York Times <http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/23/rio-20-earth-summit-docum ent> http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/23/rio-20-earth-summit-docume nt Monbiot/The Guardian <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/25/rio-governments-will-no t-save-planet> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/25/rio-governments-will-not -save-planet Beinecke & Van Noppen/New York Times <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/23/opinion/after-rio20-we-have-to-solve-the- earths-problems.html> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/23/opinion/after-rio20-we-have-to-solve-the-e arths-problems.html Vidal/The Guardian <http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/jun/27/ri o20-reasons-cheerful> http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/jun/27/rio 20-reasons-cheerful Chatterjee/CorpWatch <http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15746> http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15746 Associated Press <http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/06/23/world/americas/ap-lt-brazil-rio2 0-outcome.html> http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/06/23/world/americas/ap-lt-brazil-rio20 -outcome.html IUCN <http://www.iucn.org/news_homepage/events/iucn___rio___20/on_the_road_to_rio __bonn_2011/?10227/20-years-on-civil-society-leads-in-Rio> http://www.iucn.org/news_homepage/events/iucn___rio___20/on_the_road_to_rio_ _bonn_2011/?10227/20-years-on-civil-society-leads-in-Rio Griffin/Bloomberg <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-26/rio-20-on-the-same-planet-but-not- the-same-page.html> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-26/rio-20-on-the-same-planet-but-not-t he-same-page.html I hope others will suggest additional items for the list. As time goes by, the analyses should get deeper and less reportorial. Geoffrey. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith Emeritus Professor of Political Science University of California, Davis. Associate Editor, JIWLP.
