Draft document under the spotlight at Rio+20

The Rio + 20 conference on Sustainable Development is continuing in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.Negotiators have been working to hammer out a document that many hoped would lay out clear goals on how nations could promote sustainable development.

But critics say the draft text makes few advances on protecting the environment.

The UK based Catholic overseas development agency, Progressio is being represented at the summit.

“The document we have at the moment, to be fair, makes some good strides forward…but from my view and the Progressio point of view it really doesn’t do enough in terms of implementation”, says to the agency’s Head of Delegation in Rio, Daniel Hale.

He also told Vatican Radio’s Lydia O’Kane that the theme of the conference is “the future we want” and we need to keep praying for a document that provides a better future. Listen to Lydia O'Kane's interview with Daniel Hale