OUR PLANET 9.1
June 1997

The Way Ahead





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




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