UN Secretary-General Outlines Ways to Advance Sustainable Development

17 Jan 13

In a lecture delivered at Stanford University on 17 January, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described the current state of the world and "the future we must shape together." He outlined three ways to navigate our way through this "Great Transition," namely by advancing sustainable development, helping people meet their aspirations for democracy and dignity, and empowering women and young people.He stressed the need to urgently "change course" to build the clean energy, low-carbon economy of tomorrow that will address the challenge of climate change.
http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/un-secretary-general-outlines-ways-to-advance-sustainable-development/

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