When world leaders, diplomats, business leaders, scientists and activists go to Brazil in November for the annual United Nations' climate negotiations, poverty, deforestation and much of the world's troubles will be right in their faces — by design.
In past conference cities, including resort areas and playgrounds for the rich such as Bali, Cancun, Paris, Sharm El-Sheikh and Dubai, host nations show off both their amenities and what their communities have done about climate change.
