The results were presented at Rio+20 events in Brazil, and will be brought into the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) dialogue through contributions on various official online platforms, presentations at United Nations SDG policy meetings, and national media releases in the surveyed countries. The list of worsening trends was long, but surprisingly strong common themes emerged, including environmental degradation, corruption, inequality, economic insecurity, social problems and conflict. This is a major way in which inequality is perpetuated and increased. Wealth and poverty are viewed as being directly associated with access to political decision-making and economic opportunities, or a lack of them.