The Rio+20 summit is taking place from 20-22 June 2012 in Brazil where world leaders will be asked to make voluntary commitments towards a global plan for sustainable development. But, it looks like prospects for a new global agreement, which everybody signs on to, are already looking bleak. NGOs are warning that Rio+20 "looks set to add almost nothing to global efforts to deliver sustainable development." Fazila Farouk, executive director of The South African Civil Society Information Service (SACSIS) talks about the role of the South African government in sustainable development as well as the green economy in South Africa.