Canada's climate change recordMaurice Strong sat down with The Globe and Mail to discuss Canada's role in slowing climate change. Go to: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/video-canada-cant-be-proud-of-its-climate-efforts-maurice-strong-says/article4106128/ Welcome
Canada's Business News Network interviews Maurice Strong
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Landmarks"We cannot abandon hope"
Sonia Bridi from TV Globo interviews Maurice Strong on a wide range of topics, including, the first Earth Summit in 1992, environmental issues, population growth and consumption, the aspirations of newly-industrialised nations and impending resource conflicts. Read more...Environmental honourMaurice Strong was one of the personalities awarded this year with the "João Pedro Cardoso", the principal environmental honour, granted by the Government of the State of São Paulo in Brazil.Read more... School projects at Rio+20Thousands of school children from 117 countries are collaborating to solve the world's biggest environmental problems. The best schools projects from around the world were recognised and announced at Rio+20.Read more... Environment: radical changes neededThe change of course called for at Rio in 1992 requires radical changes in our current economic system. This will need to be led by those countries, mostly Western, which have dominated the world economy during the period in which our cumulative damage to the Earth’s life-support systems. Rio+20 must support the increase in the status of UNEP to that of a specialized agency. This could lead to the establishment of a World Environment Organization.Read more... Create greater public interest and awareness in Rio+20Maurice Strong calls for the need to create much greater public interest and awareness in Rio+20 as an event in itself. This is what helped to attract unprecedented numbers of world leaders, media and non-governmental organizations to the Earth Summit in 1992. But time is short and the resources available to the Secretariat and others preparing for Rio+20 are meager.Read more... World Green Tourism AwardMaurice Strong, Senior Advisor to the 2012 Rio+20 Summit, was named as the first recipient of the inaugural World Green Tourism Award in recognition of his pivotal role in shaping the global sustainable development agenda, and in recognising the potential of Travel & Tourism to make a contribution to mainstream green growth transformation. Read more...Environment: Will Rio+20 mend broken promises?
Will Rio+20 bring anything new to the table?Guardian reporter, Alex Kirby contrast the first Rio Summit, with the one planned for next year. He says that Rio+20 faces problems more acute than Strong confronted. Sustainability may have caught on in some of the world's boardrooms, may fascinate pundits and commentators, but will need sharp elbows to get media attention. |
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" This is not just a technical issue. Everybody's actions are motivated by their inner life, their moral, spiritual and ethical values. Global agreements will be effective when they are rooted in the individual commitment of people, which arises from their own inner life."
