We're either going to save the world or no one will be saved.

Nothing less than the fate of the planet is at stake... No place on the planet can remain an island of affluence in a sea of misery.

I am retired from all my official roles, but I am still very active. I have close relationships at the U.N. I don't have any role at the U.N, but I'm still quite cooperative with a number of U.N. activities, in particular to China and that region.

The real goal of the Earth Charter is that it will in fact become like the Ten Commandments.

Nevertheless, the concept of sustainable development is now known - even amongst those who haven't accepted it - and it's recognized, debated and followed by an increasing number of businesses.

A citizen of an advanced industrialized nation consumes in six months the energy and raw materials that have to last the citizen of a developing country his entire lifetime.

Either we reduce the world's population voluntarily or nature will do this for us, but brutally