The document discusses sustainable development and the "sweet spot" where economic growth, social justice, and environmental protection overlap and reinforce each other. It promotes making this area of overlap as large as possible at the Rio+20 conference. Several countries then outline sustainable development initiatives, reports, and leadership participation at Rio+20, including green economy strategies, education programs, and resource management projects. The document concludes by emphasizing the importance of integrating the economic, social, and environmental pillars of sustainable development at all levels of governance.

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• “Sweet spot”: Outcomes that strengthen all three sustainable development strands
• Rio+20 should be about making this “sweet spot” as big as possible 3

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12. Kazakhstan: Green Turkey: Armenia: Uzbekistan:
Bridge Equity and measuring Energy efficiency, report
President Sustainability sustainable underway
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Montenegro: Tajikistan: Report Serbia: Green Croatia:
Costing and job underway economy study for Green jobs, energy
projections for Sponsoring creation Renewables, efficiency and human
Tourism, Transport of Water Forum energy efficiency development
Energy efficiency President attending/ and agriculture
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Azerbaijan: Green Albania: UNDP Moldova: 7 sector Turkmenistan: Secure
economy center in helping government report underway: Energy Transport
Baku establish an Eco-fund PM attending President attending
Georgia: Strategy on FYRM: Green Ukraine: working Belarus: Study on Green
Education for economy study in the with Global Economy
Sustainable context of EU Compact network,
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