Editorial Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director, UNEP Agenda of hope Thabo Mbeki, President of the Republic of South Africa, calls on the world’s leaders to build on the successes of the previous summits and to eradicate poverty Changing the paradigm Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil, says that in many ways the Earth has slipped backwards over the last decade, and pledges to help revive the Rio spirit in Johannesburg Only one Earth Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State, United States of America, says that sustainable development is a moral, humanitarian – and security – imperative, and calls for a sustained global effort to achieve it Beyond brackets David Anderson, Minister of the Environment, Canada, emphasizes the importance of environmental strands in the fabric of sustainable development and suggests ways forward African Renaissance Mohammed Valli Moosa, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Republic of South Africa, describes how the launch of the African Union strengthens Africa’s contribution to the success of the World Summit Unmissable opportunity Goran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden, describes how it is everyone’s business to make the Summit a success At a glance: GEO-3 Asking the people Patrick O’Heffernan Recapturing momentum Margaret Beckett, Minister for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom, underlines the warnings of the Global Environment Outlook report and calls for globalization to be made to work for sustainable development Taking the measure of unsustainability Partha Dasgupta, Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge, looks beyond conventional yardsticks of development and reaches some surprising conclusions

Breaking the grid lock Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman, Business Action for Sustainable Development, outlines practical steps to bring renewable energy to a billion people in developed and developing countries by the end of this decade Training for transformation Richard Wiewiorka, Vice Chairman, ISG, LLC, and Chairman, LEAD USA and Roy Herberger, President, Thunderbird, introduce a new training and community-building strategy for sustainable business Bring big business to account Martin Khor, Director, Third World Network, calls on WSSD to rectify the Rio Earth Summit’s failure to place binding obligations on transnational companies Out of the changing room Peter H.Y. Wong, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, argues that businesses can become good corporate citizens through sustainability reporting and urges more companies to take it up ‘Dear delegates...’ Bushra Razack Extra web-only articles: We need a dream Sunita Narain, director, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, India, says that the preparations for the Summit lacked vision, and suggests new approaches for the future Two sides of the same coin: before and after Johannesburg Jaime Matas Palau, Minister for the Environment, Spain Quality environmental data for all Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates and Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi’s Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA), describes a new environmental data collection initiative specifically sensitive to the needs of developing countries