Transition to sustainable societies: was Rio+20 a missed opportunity?
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2013
TITLE AUTHOR(S): D.Sanchez Betancourt, D.Reusser
SOURCE AUTHOR(S): International Social Science Council (ISSC), UNESCO
KEYWORDS: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8180
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2467
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2467
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Abstract
Six talented early-career scientists participated in the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in June 2012 with a grant from the International Social Science Council, supported by the Swedish International Development Agency. Two of them, Diana Sanchez Betancourt from the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa and Dominik Reusser from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, share their views on the outcome of Rio+20.-
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