The next round of global talks aimed at curbing climate change, the RIO+20 conference, commences in Brazil on June 20. Drawing world leaders and thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and civil society, the conference aims to chart a path to reducing global poverty, advancing social equity and protecting the environment.

The United Nation Development Program (UNDP) has produced this short video explaining what’s going on at Rio+20, what sustainable development is all about, why it’s critical to devise better measurements of the economy than GDP, why we desperately need to move away from fossil fuels if we’re going to have a chance of continuing civilization significantly into the future and how individual citizens can get involved.

Watch and share it widely!