# Roundup: Rio+20, native title, gambling, religious study, public faith

> Expectations for action are low despite UN assessment that the world’s environment is declining rapidly.

14 June 2012 · News

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## [Rio+20 conference’s search for green solutions hampered by deep divisions](https://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/12/rio-20-earth-summit-global-climate-talks?intcmp=122)

Expectations for action are low despite UN assessment that the world’s environment is declining rapidly.

## [Native title reforms will deliver benefits but more needed over time](https://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/media/media_releases/2012/33_12.html)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda has welcomed the native title reforms announced on June 6.

## [Archbishop accuses Commonwealth government over gambling](https://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/digest/index.cfm/2012/6/6/Archbishop-accuses-Commonwealth-government-over-gambling)

Anglican Archbishop Jeffrey Driver has accused the Commonwealth government of gambling with the future of young Australians as it considers changes to gambling regulations.

## [Interfaith centre promises new approach to religious study](https://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israel-s-first-interfaith-center-promises-new-approach-to-religious-study.premium-1.435123)

Israel’s first interfaith centre will conduct comparative research on the world’s three major monotheistic religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam – to dispel “dangerous” stereotypes.

## [A Christian alternative to secular and religious political exclusivism](https://www.spokenword.org/program/1991309)

Miroslav Volf, Founder and Director of Yale Center for Faith and Culture delivered the Kuyper Lecture on public faith at the Christians in Political Science Conference on June 2.