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  Development banks pledge $175bn for public transport at Rio+20

  20 Jun 2012: Money will be invested in building transport systems that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions

• Rio+20 Earth summit talks turn into rubber-stamp job

  20 Jun 2012: UN chief urges leaders to be more ambitious after concerns they will sign a pre-negotiated text but won't commit on key issues

• Rio+20 Earth summit - in pictures

  Gallery (16 pictures), 20 Jun 2012:

  World leaders have once again been descending on Rio de Janeiro, for a conference on sustainable development. Aside from the main event, campaigners and activists have made their presence felt and a People's Summit has run alongside. Here are some images taken on 19-20 June

• Rio+20: Ban Ki-moon urges world leaders to act on sustainability

  20 Jun 2012: UN secretary general defends scope of summit agreement, but says it is 'merely a piece of paper' unless leaders take action

• Rio+20: protecting the environment is not enough

  20 Jun 2012: Antonio Patriota: A three-dimensional approach to development is now needed – one that combines social, economic and environmental concerns

• Forget Rio+20, the right steps can bring instant and lasting development gains

  20 Jun 2012: Kevin Watkins: Rather than setting new development goals before the old ones are met, we should tackle inequality and empower the poor

• Rio+20 Earth summit: pressure for deal – but will leaders hold their nerve?

  20 Jun 2012:

  Conference billed as a 'once in a generation' opportunity for global sustainability expected to end with a whimper not a bang

• Rio+20: mañana, mañana

  19 Jun 2012: Editorial: Global leadership has failed lamentably to develop answers or institutions capable of charting a just route through the global jungle

• Turn despair into hope at the Earth summit

  19 Jun 2012: Letters: More than 100 civil society organisations from every continent now join forces in a major campaign to dismantle corporations' power and end their impunity

• Rio's reprise must set hard deadlines for development

  19 Jun 2012:

  Nick Clegg: Twenty years ago we saw breakthrough: this time we need follow through. The state of the planet is a shared responsibility

• Furious Greenpeace moves to 'war footing' at Rio+20

  19 Jun 2012: Pace quickens at Rio summit, as NGO director responds to weakened oceans proposals with promise of civil disobedience

• Rio+20: anger and dismay at weakened draft agreement

  19 Jun 2012:

  Green and anti-poverty groups lament final text, which contains almost no timetables or commitments to a 'green economy'

• Rio+20 summit must move world beyond 'grow now, clean up later'

  19 Jun 2012: Connie Hedegaard: The Earth summit has to ensure sustainability is at the heart of growth models – the swelling global population depends on it

• Can Rio+20 bring change for women?

  19 Jun 2012: Liz Ford: Some experts say only cultural transformation will effect gender equality, some say change will occur by other means. But all believe equality, empowerment and sustainable development are linked

• Rio+20 People's summit – in pictures

  Gallery (25 pictures), 19 Jun 2012:

  From banners to body paint to bows and arrows: here is a selection of images from the opening days of the People's summit, taking place alongside the main UN conference

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