This threatens not only attempts to eradicate poverty and deforestation but also efforts to combat climate change.
ACHIM STEINERPavan Sukhdev is a powerful standard-bearer leading us to the cleaner, knowledge-rich Green Economy globally, and this book provides a benchmark and guide to this better future for humanity.
More Achim Steiner Quotes
-
-
Our vision of a sustainable future will only materialize through action taken today.
ACHIM STEINER -
Including the value of natural resources and our social capital in national accounting is a vital step to achieve economic growth that is equitable and sustainable.
ACHIM STEINER -
Even if we act immediately, the world is doomed to lose many of its animal and plant species and this inturn will reduce the ability of ecosystems to deliver vital services to human populations.
ACHIM STEINER -
We are at a pivotal moment in our shared history. The global goals of a healthy planet, social equality, and economic opportunity for all are within reach. But we cannot prevaricate.
ACHIM STEINER -
Real results will emerge when we realize the power of combined individual actions and voices to effect change.
ACHIM STEINER -
The only ones to profit from illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing are the owners of the fishing fleets who remain hidden behind veils of corporate secrecy.
ACHIM STEINER -
The report makes it clear that climate policy is preventative security policy.
ACHIM STEINER -
We have a responsibility to first understand how climate change impacts all peoples of the world. Then, we must consider the individual and collective choices and actions that can move us toward a sustainable future.
ACHIM STEINER -
The authors pull no punches on the likelihood of increasing tensions and conflicts in a climatically constrained world and spotlight places where possible conflicts may flare up in the 21st century unless climate change is checked.
ACHIM STEINER -
The Red List gives all of us a practical tool for raising awareness of the biodiversity crisis and for forging new partnerships within the international community.
ACHIM STEINER -
Many of our partners are here and this is where the world’s expertise on environment and the wider sustainability agenda often and regularly gathers.
ACHIM STEINER -
The way humanity manages or mismanages its nature-based assets, including pollinators, will in part define our collective future in the 21st century.
ACHIM STEINER -
Bees underline the reality that we are more, not less, dependent on nature’s services in a world of close to seven billion people.
ACHIM STEINER -
Here is where international initiatives frequently start and are nurtured. Geneva is one of the hubs where global programs can be often most effectively managed.
ACHIM STEINER -
A recent report by UNEP and Interpol estimated that between 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of the Amazon basin, Central Africa and South East Asia is being carried out by organized crime.
ACHIM STEINER