Foreword
Foreward
Author(s): Rajendra K Pachauri
Source: Building the future we want: 254p Authored By Rajendra K. Pachauri, Anne Paugam, Teresa Ribera and Laurence Tubiana
Abstract:
More than twenty years after the Rio Earth Summit which gave political and institutional birth to ‘sustainable development’, the nations of the world are on the verge of entering into a new era of negotiation and implementation of sustainable development policies. With three particularly important events – the Addis Ababa conference on development financing, the session of the UN General Assembly on the setting of niversal sustainable development goals, and the ‘last chance’ conference on climate change in Paris – 2015 will certainly be a landmark. A two-decade long cycle of talks and experiences ends; while another begins, aiming at addressing challenges which by their magnitude and scope cannot be addressed with business as usual policies.
Publisher/Organisation: TERI Press
Publication Date: 1 August 2014