EU Offers Green Road Map for Rio, but Detours Lie Ahead

BRUSSELS — When world environment ministers gather in Nairobi to mark the 40th anniversary of the UN Environment Program this week, their focus is likely to be on another international meeting four months and half a world away: the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, nicknamed Rio+20. The European Union’s environment commissioner, Janez Potočnik, arrived in Kenya with his proposed “green roadmap” for the Brazil summit, offering promises of leadership on sustainable global development and more money to help developing nations.