Editorial
Elizabeth Dowdeswell,
Executive Director, UNEP
An indispensable contribution
Kofi A. Annan calls for UNEP to lead the attack on environmentally unsustainable trends
Litmus test
Razali Ismail describes what the special session of the General Assembly should address and outlines what he hopes it
will achieve
Remaking industrial civilization
Maurice F. Strong assesses the contrasting performance
of governments and peoples since the Earth Summit in an
interview with Geoffrey Lean, and outlines priorities
for the special session
Now the rich must adjust
Shridath Ramphal says it is the turn of affluent countries to embrace the discipline of structural adjustment if the
crisis over consumption and resources is to be addressed
Grassroots: Thinking globally, acting locally
Don de Silva
Win-win finance
Theodore Panayotou suggests new and innovative ways to finance sustainable development
Time for change
Rudolf Dolzer says that the challenges facing the world call for a stronger global environmental authority
Towards a new system
Michael Ben-Eli outlines weaknesses in the governance of global environmental affairs and suggests a new integrated
approach
The future is not what it used to be
David Nostbakken examines the role of new information technologies in changing environmental attitudes
Focus: Profits with honour
Margaret G. Kerr describes, from her own experience, how environmental responsibility is good business
The GEF: Five years after Rio
Global Environment Facility
Our future is now
Maurice Njoroge
UNEP News
For Life on Earth
Hyon-Wook Kang
