Editorial
Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director, UNEP
Transport and Energy
Driving change
Shoichiro Toyoda describes what his company, and others, are doing to pioneer sustainable mobility
Clearing the bottlenecks
Siv Fridleifsdottir explores how to make the 21st century an age of renewable energy
Commuting sustainably (Singapore)
Lim Swee Say describes how Singapore manages its ever expanding land transport system in an environmentally sustainable way
Transported to the future (Curitiba, Brazil)
Cassio Taniguchi describes how Curitiba’s pioneering public transport system has become a model for developed and developing countries alike
Bucking the trend
(Freiburg, Germany)
Freiburg’s green transport policies are central to the city’s development, reports
Rolf Böhme
World Environment Day 2001
Message from the UN Secretary-General
Kofi A. Annan
Message from Cuba
Rosa Elena Simeón Negrin
Message from Turin
Mercedes Bresso and Giuseppe Gamba
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Earthrise
Photo essay by Mark Edwards, internationally acclaimed environmental
photographer
Competition
Win UNEP-WCMC’s World Atlas of Coral Reefs
Communications
Breaking free
Jorma Ollila outlines the environmental opportunities in connecting people through mobile technology
Calling for change
Brad Allenby outlines the environmental challenges of the ‘information revolution’
Reaching the unreached
M. S. Swaminathan shows how Gandhi’s concept of antyodaya provides the most effective way of bridging the modern digital divide
Greening the screen
John D. Liu describes the extraordinary potential of television in mobilizing people in developing countries for sustainable development
Taking the lead
Julia Marton-Lefèvre describes creating a network of future leaders in sustainable development, and keeping them in touch with each other
Wanted: more good reporters
Darryl D’Monte examines the reasons for a decline in environmental coverage in the media in developing countries
On the dot
Tim Foresman presents ‘UNEP Dot Net’: a new look at our world
The city century
Anna Tibaijuka outlines the worldwide possibilities for sustainable development in cities