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Consensus on Rio+20 conference betrayed green economy agenda

By Edward Oyugi

The fear of a repeat of Cancun, when the Word Trade Organisation negotiations collapsed a few years ago, causing a stalemate to trade talks from which the spirit of multilateralism is yet to recover, has forced an uncomfortable consensus on the Rio+20 conference in Brazil. It has been billed a win-win outcome for the three parallel meetings that have been going on in in Los Cabos, Mexico and Rio in Brazil.

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