"里約+20的分歧逐漸累積"

各國正在努力達成一些條款，讓我們的世界變得更安全、更公平。

里約+20高峰會於本週開始，它被形容為世界各國領導人能拉近貧富鴻溝之間距離的難得機會，好讓全球經濟得以延續。然而，上週舉行的協商卻顯示，要讓各國在最重要的議題上達成一致看法有多麼困難。

一項協議草案已編寫完成，標題為「我們想要的未來」。它涵蓋了改善貧窮國家食品、能源和用水安全的條文。它還試圖慢慢消除化石燃料補貼，並增加對世界海洋的保育程度。唯一的問題是，截至6月13日為止，只有20％的草案已經商定。西方國家和發展中國家都不願接受可能會傷及自身經濟的規定。

目睹問題之後，前蘇聯總統戈爾契夫抨擊世界上目前的領導人。「看到富國和窮國之間的凹狀鴻溝、造成全球金融危機卻不負責、對氣候變遷軟弱和分歧的反應，我覺得很痛苦…要建立更安全、更公平而更團結世界的機會早已揮霍一空了。」

(International)Divisions Mark Rio+20 Build Up

Nations are struggling to agree on provisions that would make our world safer and fairer.

The Rio+20 Summit begins this week, and it has been described as a rare opportunity for world leaders to close the rich-poor divide and make the global economy more sustainable. However, negotiations that took place last week highlighted how difficult it will be for nations to agree on the most important issues.

A draft agreement has already been written and is entitled The Future We Want. It contains provisions to improve food, energy, and water security in poor countries. It also seeks to slowly eliminate fossil fuel subsidies and increase levels of protection for the worlds oceans. The only problem is that, as of June 13, only 20% of the draft had been agreed. Western nations and developing countries were unwilling to accept rules that might hurt their economies.

After witnessing the problems, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev hit out at the worlds current leaders. I feel bitter when I look at the cavernous gulf between rich and poor, the irresponsibility that caused the global financial crisis, the weak and divided responses to climate changeK. The opportunity to build a safer, fairer and more united world has been largely squandered.

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