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A new paradigm of cooperative global governance which motivates and mobilises the skills and resources of civil society, is the only feasible basis on which we can manage basic risks to society and realise the immense potential for progress and peace for the entire human family which is within our reach.
Emissions trading have enabled substantial reductions in sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions to be effected on a cost-effective basis.
The new global civilization is one rooted primarily in materialism and in the commercialization of more and more aspects of human activity.
Read more: The new global civilization is rooted primarily in materialism (29 October 2006)
We can regret, but cannot recover the time we have lost in responding to the prospects of climate change, which we now realize constitutes one of the principal threats to the human future.
Read more: The condition of our "Only One Earth" continues to deteriorate (26 October 2006)
Leisure in its larger context as one of the most powerful drivers of China's future, both in terms of the expanding opportunities it provides to individual Chinese and to the economy of every part of China.
Read more: The leisure industry -- a powerful driver of economic growth (15 October 2006)
Sustainable development requires a positive, systemic balance between the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of the development process. This is not just a policy option, but an absolute necessity
Read more: Sustainable development is an absolute necessity (13 September 2006)
We must change that mind-set and see environment and sustainable development as opening up promising new areas of economic opportunity, opportunities for technological and institutional innovation and for the development of an environmental services industry.
Read more: Clean energy -- Necessity and Opportunity (26 July 2006)