Editorial Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director, UNEP The right to diversity HM Queen Noor of Jordan describes how human survival depends on conserving the richness of life, and proposes measures to promote it Gain, not pain John Prescott calls for urgent action to tackle climate change, and says that it would benefit everyone Changing course Madeleine K. Albright calls for unprecedented international cooperation to tackle the greatest challenge facing the Millennium Summit From summit to summit Cletus Avoka assesses the impact of the 1992 Earth Summit and sets out critical issues for its successor planned for 2002 Empowering the poor Mark Malloch Brown argues that environment protection and sustainable human development are essential to winning the war against poverty The environment millennium Kofi A. Annan Focus on Your World International Photographic Competition on the Environment

A critical priority World Resources 2000-2001 Flashing indicators Domingo Jiminéz-Beltrán describes the impact that the European Union countries have on the global environment, outlining the results of the first study of their use of materials to fuel their economies Sea changes Thilo Bode sounds the alarm on the state of the world’s oceans and calls for urgent action No wires attached Mark Hickey describes the communications revolution sweeping developed and developing countries and outlines the changes that the power of mobility will bring Now for vigorous action Kjell Larsson describes an historic meeting of environment ministers to chart a new course for a new millennium Malmö Ministerial Declaration Young, impatient and soon to be in charge Green spot in Africa Alexander Peal describes Liberia’s unique forests and the threats to them