In our interdependent world, our neighbors are not only on our street, but can be ten thousand miles away on an island in rising seas.
Achim SteinerIf you take the hard numbers, then science is clearly telling us that we're running out of time.
Achim SteinerMany of our partners are here and this is where the world's expertise on environment and the wider sustainability agenda often and regularly gathers. Here is where international initiatives frequently start and are nurtured. Geneva is one of the hubs where global programs can be often most effectively managed.
Achim SteinerWe have a responsibility to first understand how climate change impacts all peoples of the world. Then, we must consider the individual and collective choices and actions that can move us toward a sustainable future.
Achim SteinerA recent report by UNEP and Interpol estimated that between 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of the Amazon basin, Central Africa and South East Asia is being carried out by organized crime. This threatens not only attempts to eradicate poverty and deforestation but also efforts to combat climate change.
Achim Steiner