[updated:LAST EDITED ON 24-08-02 AT 12:23 PM (GMT)]Today, the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) has set off in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Once again, the United States has shown itself to be a very good ally by not going to the summit, or at least not sending its president to it.
I thought this would be a good opportunity to ask why the US is not coming? Do they have other priorities, or is Bush just afraid of meeting other world leaders.
I guess I’m a tree hugger after all, because I do think this summit would be usefull, if the west continues using all its resources like it does now, within 20 years, we’ll be in big problems. Ofcourse, we can always bomb another country where there’s some oil or gas.
Here’s the official site of the WSSD.
http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/
And here of one of the European Union. There’s a complete factbook on the JBG summit and how the EU will try to improve its energy policy in the near future. Check it out, this site has improved a lot the past few weeks.
http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/environment/wssd/index_en.html
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/cnc/2001/com2001_0053en01.pdf
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August 24, 2002 at 12:11 pm