30. “If this power grab”: Ibid.
31. “this resolution”: Ibid.
32. “Does anyone here”: Andrew Couts, “US gov’t, Web titans go to battle against UN Internet power grab: Everything you need to know,” digitaltrends.com, May 31, 2012, http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/us-govt-web-titans-go-to-battle-against-un-internet-power-grab-everything-you-need-to-know/.
33. “international regulatory intrusion”: Press Release, Bipartisan Leaders of the Committee Introduce Resolution to Preserve and Protect a Global Internet Free from Government Control, May 30, 2012, energycommerce.house.gov, http://energycommerce.house.gov/news/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=9554.
34. “I think a”: John Peterson, “Lawmakers move to reject proposals for U.N. Internet Regulation,” yahoo.com, May 31, 2012, http://news.yahoo.com/lawmakers-move-reject-proposals-u-n-internet-regulation-142206238.html.
35. “business leaders beyond”: Nina Easton, “Where’s the outcry on the U.N. push to regulate the Internet?,” cnn.com, May 30, 2012, http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05/30/united-nations-internet-regulation/.
36. “swallow the Internet’s”: Associations, “A Battle for Internet Freedom as UN Meeting Nears,” abc.com, June 22, 2012, http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/battle-internet-freedom-meeting-nears-16625777?page=3#.T_XnNmA2rKx.
PART FIVE
1. “green economy in”: UNEP, “Toward a Green Economy—Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication,” grida.no, 2011, http://www.grida.no/publications/green-economy/.
2. “world leaders and”: Watts and Ford, “Rio+20 Earth Summit: campaigners decry final document,” guardian.co.uk, June 22, 2012, http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/23/rio-20-earth-summit-document.
3. “agreed that such”: UNEP, “Toward a Green Economy—Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication,” grida.no, 2011, http://www.grida.no/publications/green-economy/.
4. “decision supports”: Ibid.
5. “decent employment and”: UNEP, “Inclusive Green Economy Given Go Ahead by Heads of State at Rio+20,” UNEP.org, June 2012, http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=2688&ArticleID=9195&l=en.
6. “reality that a”: “Rio+20: Green Economy, SDGs, UNEP upgrade approved,” Daily Independent, http://dailyindependentnig.com/2012/07/rio20-green-economy-sdgs-unep-upgrade-approved/.
7. “the Summit also”: Ibid.
8. “mitigate the effects”: Associated Press, “Clinton urges cooperation in resource-rich Arctic,” usatoday.com, June 2, 2012, http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-06-02/clinton-arctic-circle-cooperation/55344172/1.
9. “in climate aid”: James Kanter, “A Pledge That Didn’t Meet Its Potential,” nytimes.com, November 27, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/business/global/28iht-RBOG-COP28.html.
10. “from its inception”: Ibid.
11. “for people focused” Ibid.
12. “the administration of”: Ibid.
13. “because wealthy countries”: Jonathan Watts, “Rio+20 Earth summit: Walkout at ‘green economy’ talks,” guardian.co.uk, June 14, 2012, http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/15/rio-earth-summit-walkout-economy?newsfeed=true.
14. “amid a global”: Ibid.
15. “We cannot be”: Ibid.
16. “immune from legal”: George Russell, “Mammoth new green climate fund wants United Nations–style diplomatic immunity, even though it’s not part of the UN,” foxnews.com, March 22, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/03/22/mammoth-new-green-climate-fund-wants-un-style-diplomatic-immunity-even-though/.
17. “possible conflicts of”: George Russell, “U.N. Climate Organization Wants Immunities Against Charges of Conflict of Interest, Exceeding Mandate, Among Others,” foxnews.com, June 12, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/06/12/un-climate-organization-wants-immunities-against-charges-conflict-interest/.
18. “lack of transparency”: Ibid.
19. “the move to”: Ibid.
20. “1.9 trillion per”: James Helser, “Green Climate Fund Demands Diplomatic Immunity,” thenewamerican.com, March 26, 2012, http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/7052-green-climate-funddemands-diplomatic-immunity.
21. “to use international”: “Rio+20: Green Economy, SDGs, UNEP upgrade approved,” Daily Independent, July 2, 2012, http://dailyindependentnig.com/2012/07/rio20-green-economy-sdgs-unep-upgrade-approved/.
22. “scaled-up and”: George Russell, “The tab for U.N.’s Rio summit: Trillions per year in taxes, transfers and price hikes,” foxnews.com, April 20, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/04/20/tab-for-uns-rio-summit-trillions-per-year-in-taxes-transfers-and-price-hikes/#ixzz1xzbVB8uS.
23. “Scaled-up”: Ibid.
24. “there is currently”: Felix Dodds and Michael Strauss, Only One Earth: The Long Road via Rio to Sustainable Development (London: Routledge, 2012), p. 169.
25. “help to clarify”: Ibid.
26. “an estimated 25 percent”: UNEP, “Inclusive Green Economy Given Go Ahead by Heads of State at Rio+20,” UNEP.org, June 22, 2012, http://www.unep.org/GreenEconomy/InformationMaterials/News/PressRelease/tabid/4612/language/en-US/Default.aspx?DocumentId=2688&ArticleId=9195.
27. “pension funds to”: Ibid.
28. “encourage governments to”: Ibid.
29. “so few specifics”: Mark McDonald, “U.N. Report from Rio on Environment a ‘Suicide Note,’” nytimes.com, June 24, 2012, http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/u-n-report-from-rio-on-environment-a-suicide-note/?emc=eta1.