The year was marked by one of the most anticipated global environmental meetings in 20 years: the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The summit was a major step towards hammering out a development roadmap to follow after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire in 2015.
SciDev.Net analysed the key milestones, from the launch of UN's draft negotiating document, 'The Future We Want', the ambivalent welcome of the document by the scientific and engineering communities, to the splits over what the final document should contain that lingered until the close of the summit.
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