'Agreement Reached' at Rio+20 Summit

By Oliver Tree | June 19 2012 1:43 PM

An agreement has been reached at the Rio+20 gathering, negotiators said Tuesday.

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The text of the agreement calls for urgent action on sustainable global production and consumption, but gives no detail on when and how this is to be achieved.

The Rio+20 meeting comes 20 years after the original Earth Summit in the Brazilian city.

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