Senator Obama will be taking office at a critical juncture. There are many pressing challenges facing the international community, including the global financial crisis and global warming. We look forward to working closely with President-elect Obama and his team to address these challenges.

Well in the end the world can crank itself up to sanctions, as it has with Zimbabwe, another sad case.

No country will reach its full potential if its female citizens do not enjoy full equality.

Adopting and promoting sustainable production practices require concerted effort, something which in practice is too often missing or insufficient. Making this shift at the scale required demands forward-looking leadership in the public and private sectors alike.

Economic growth which strips out the planet’s ecosystems is not sustainable

Someone's got to break the glass ceiling, and once it's broken, everybody else comes clamouring up behind.

Innovation applied across the board of development is having a huge impact, and can have more. All sorts of technology can provide shortcuts, can overcome obstacles which once seemed insuperable.