House of Commons - Preparations for the Rio +20 Summit

Environmental Audit Committee - Eighth Report
Preparations for the Rio +20 Summit

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 19 October 2011.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Background

Sustainable development summits

The aims and themes of Rio+20

The Rio+20 process

Our inquiry - building momentum for Rio+20

2 Progress on sustainable development

New 'Goals'

3 The green economy

What a green economy means

'tax reform'

'getting prices right'

'social policies'

A fundamentally new model?

The role of the private sector

4 Institutional governance

5 Rio outcomes

The Government's approach

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of printed written evidence

List of additional written evidence

List of unprinted evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence

Wednesday 7 September 2011

Wednesday 14 September 2011

Written Evidence

Additional (Unprinted) Written Evidence