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"Phenomena experienced worldwide in varying forms, such as increasing social dissatisfaction and global climate change, made the Rio+20 Summit of particular importance. It was presumed that the high-level conference would scrutinise the most severe global problems and draw up specific strategies in order to achieve goals not met in the past two decades. However, despite the efforts of many thousands of civil organisations, there is little hope of implementing the outcome document of the summit at the political level. In my view, the outcome document ‘The Future We Want’ merely reaffirmed the earlier agreements, failing to set out new goals and make a commitment to goals. It contains short-term plans at the national level, but fails to take into account the limits of the Earth’s ability to sustain itself. Although the document is a political position statement about sustainability, it is dominated by the paradigm of economic growth. I myself also believe such change needs to be effected at every level with the application of the basic principle of subsidiarity. However, it is crucial for global and international-level decision making to set an example with regard to the necessary changes and to the development of ways to manage the increasing economic, social and environmental challenges appropriately. In that light, the European Parliament, which is endeavouring to restrict the use of resources, urges limitation of the use of all raw material types. I believe that is the only way to reduce the current wasteful consumption in an effective way and limit the unsustainable use of resources and its impact on both the natural environment and human communities."@en1
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