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Rio+20 must make inclusive innovation stepping stone to a sustainable future
To map out a better tomorrow, the summit's negotiators need to look hard at the nature, depth and scope of inclusive innovation
Forty years ago, the world's leaders met to discuss our perilous dependency on a stressed global environment. In Stockholm then, as in Rio now, innovation was key. But at Rio+20, negotiators need to look a lot harder at the nature, depth and scope of inclusion in innovation if they are to map out a more equitable, socially just and sustainable future.
Progress on innovation for development has not gone far enough: in the 1980s, serious efforts by industry and governments began to be devoted to developing cleaner technologies, products and services. And the Local Agenda 21 action plan developed at Rio in 1992 recognised the need for smaller-scale innovation, with communities making efforts to shape their own sustainable development. (Continúa >>)