Two decades after the Rio Earth summit - the first UN conference to address issues relating to development and the environment together - world leaders, heads of state, activists and NGOs will head to Brazil next month for the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development.

Rio+20 is billed as providing a historic opportunity to define pathways to a safer, more equitable, cleaner, greener and more prosperous world for all. But which paths should we be heading down, and which ones should we be avoiding?

In the run-up to the summit, which will be held from 20 to 22 June, the European Journalism Centre will organise a special briefing tailored for media which will answer the above-mentioned and other questions.

A thorough programme which will foresee meetings with the Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs, the Commissioner for Environment Janez Potocnik as well as EU experts and different stakeholders who will attend the summit and negotiate the seven priority areas:  decent jobs, energy, sustainable cities, food security and sustainable agriculture, water, oceans and disaster readiness – covering the commonly held pillars of sustainable development.

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