False promises
environmental commitments made by most nations at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, five years ago, have remained on paper even as carbon dioxide emissions soared and forests and animal species continued to vanish. These are the findings of a report prepared by the Earth Council, a Washington-based international environmental organisation which was set up to monitor the implementation of commitments made by 178 nations at Rio. Levels of carbon dioxide
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