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| 6b6565702074686520706f6f72206f6620746865 | keep the poor of the
| 2066757475726520696e206d696e642c20627574 | future in mind, but
| 20616c736f20746f646179e280997320706f6f72 | also today s poor
| 2c2077686f7365206c696665206f6e2074686973 | , whose life on this
| 20656172746820697320627269656620616e6420 | earth is brief and
| 77686f2063616e6e6f74206b656570206f6e2077 | who cannot keep on w
| 616974696e672e2048656e63652c20e2809c696e | aiting. Hence, in
| 206164646974696f6e20746f2061206661697265 | addition to a faire
| 722073656e7365206f6620696e74657267656e65 | r sense of intergene
| 726174696f6e616c20736f6c6964617269747920 | rational solidarity
| 746865726520697320616c736f20616e20757267 | there is also an urg
| 656e74206d6f72616c206e65656420666f722061 | ent moral need for a
| 2072656e657765642073656e7365206f6620696e | renewed sense of in
| 74726167656e65726174696f6e616c20736f6c69 | tragenerational soli
| 646172697479e2809d2e3c61206e616d653d225f | darity .<a name="_
| 66746e72656631323522207469746c653d222220 | ftnref125" title=""
| 687265663d22235f66746e313235223e5b313235 | href="#_ftn125">[125
| 5d3c2f613e3c627220636c6561723d22616c6c22 | ]</a> CHAPTER FIV
| 45203c2f703e200d0a3c7020616c69676e3d2263 | E LINE
| 53204f4620415050524f41434820414e44204143 | S OF APPROACH AND AC
| 54494f4e3c2f623e3c2f703e200d0a3c7020616c | TION <
| 7020616c69676e3d226c656674223e203c2f703e | p align="left"> 
| 200d0a3c703e3136332e20536f20666172204920 | 163. So far I
| 6861766520617474656d7074656420746f207461 | have attempted to ta
| 6b652073746f636b206f66206f75722070726573 | ke stock of our pres
| 656e7420736974756174696f6e2c20706f696e74 | ent situation, point
| 696e6720746f2074686520637261636b7320696e | ing to the cracks in
| 2074686520706c616e6574207468617420776520 | the planet that we
| 696e68616269742061732077656c6c2061732074 | inhabit as well as t
| 6f207468652070726f666f756e646c792068756d | o the profoundly hum
| 616e20636175736573206f6620656e7669726f6e | an causes of environ
| 6d656e74616c206465677261646174696f6e2e20 | mental degradation.
| 416c74686f7567682074686520636f6e74656d70 | Although the contemp
| 6c6174696f6e206f662074686973207265616c69 | lation of this reali
| 747920696e20697473656c662068617320616c72 | ty in itself has alr
| 656164792073686f776e20746865206e65656420 | eady shown the need
| 666f722061206368616e6765206f662064697265 | for a change of dire
| 6374696f6e20616e64206f7468657220636f7572 | ction and other cour
| 736573206f6620616374696f6e2c206e6f772077 | ses of action, now w
| 65207368616c6c2074727920746f206f75746c69 | e shall try to outli
| 6e6520746865206d616a6f72207061746873206f | ne the major paths o
| 66206469616c6f6775652077686963682063616e | f dialogue which can
| 2068656c70207573206573636170652074686520 | help us escape the
| 73706972616c206f662073656c662d6465737472 | spiral of self-destr
| 756374696f6e2077686963682063757272656e74 | uction which current
| 6c7920656e67756c66732075732e203c2f703e20 | ly engulfs us. 
| 0d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3c623e49 |  I
| 2e204449414c4f475545204f4e2054484520454e | . DIALOGUE ON THE EN
| 5649524f4e4d454e5420494e2054484520494e54 | VIRONMENT IN THE INT
| 45524e4154494f4e414c20434f4d4d554e495459 | ERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
| 3c2f623e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e20 |  
| 0d0a3c703e3136342e20426567696e6e696e6720 | 164. Beginning
| 696e20746865206d6964646c65206f6620746865 | in the middle of the
| 206c6173742063656e7475727920616e64206f76 | last century and ov
| 6572636f6d696e67206d616e7920646966666963 | ercoming many diffic
| 756c746965732c20746865726520686173206265 | ulties, there has be
| 656e20612067726f77696e6720636f6e76696374 | en a growing convict
| 696f6e2074686174206f757220706c616e657420 | ion that our planet
| 6973206120686f6d656c616e6420616e64207468 | is a homeland and th
| 61742068756d616e697479206973206f6e652070 | at humanity is one p
| 656f706c65206c6976696e6720696e206120636f | eople living in a co
| 6d6d6f6e20686f6d652e20416e20696e74657264 | mmon home. An interd
| 6570656e64656e7420776f726c64206e6f74206f | ependent world not o
| 6e6c79206d616b6573207573206d6f726520636f | nly makes us more co
| 6e7363696f7573206f6620746865206e65676174 | nscious of the negat
| 6976652065666665637473206f66206365727461 | ive effects of certa
| 696e206c6966657374796c657320616e64206d6f | in lifestyles and mo
| 64656c73206f662070726f64756374696f6e2061 | dels of production a
| 6e6420636f6e73756d7074696f6e207768696368 | nd consumption which
| 2061666665637420757320616c6c3b206d6f7265 | affect us all; more
| 20696d706f7274616e746c792c206974206d6f74 | importantly, it mot
| 69766174657320757320746f20656e7375726520 | ivates us to ensure
| 7468617420736f6c7574696f6e73206172652070 | that solutions are p
| 726f706f7365642066726f6d206120676c6f6261 | roposed from a globa
| 6c2070657273706563746976652c20616e64206e | l perspective, and n
| 6f742073696d706c7920746f20646566656e6420 | ot simply to defend
| 74686520696e74657265737473206f6620612066 | the interests of a f
| 657720636f756e74726965732e20496e74657264 | ew countries. Interd
| 6570656e64656e6365206f626c69676573207573 | ependence obliges us
| 20746f207468696e6b206f66203c693e6f6e6520 | to think of one
| 776f726c643c2f693e203c693e77697468206120 | world with a
| 636f6d6d6f6e20706c616e3c2f693e2e20596574 | common plan. Yet
| 207468652073616d6520696e67656e7569747920 | the same ingenuity
| 7768696368206861732062726f75676874206162 | which has brought ab
| 6f757420656e6f726d6f757320746563686e6f6c | out enormous technol
| 6f676963616c2070726f67726573732068617320 | ogical progress has
| 736f206661722070726f76656420696e63617061 | so far proved incapa
| 626c65206f662066696e64696e67206566666563 | ble of finding effec
| 746976652077617973206f66206465616c696e67 | tive ways of dealing
| 207769746820677261766520656e7669726f6e6d | with grave environm
| 656e74616c20616e6420736f6369616c2070726f | ental and social pro
| 626c656d7320776f726c64776964652e20412067 | blems worldwide. A g
| 6c6f62616c20636f6e73656e7375732069732065 | lobal consensus is e
| 7373656e7469616c20666f7220636f6e66726f6e | ssential for confron
| 74696e6720746865206465657065722070726f62 | ting the deeper prob
| 6c656d732c2077686963682063616e6e6f742062 | lems, which cannot b
| 65207265736f6c76656420627920756e696c6174 | e resolved by unilat
| 6572616c20616374696f6e73206f6e2074686520 | eral actions on the
| 70617274206f6620696e646976696475616c2063 | part of individual c
| 6f756e74726965732e2053756368206120636f6e | ountries. Such a con
| 73656e73757320636f756c64206c6561642c2066 | sensus could lead, f
| 6f72206578616d706c652c20746f20706c616e6e | or example, to plann
| 696e672061207375737461696e61626c6520616e | ing a sustainable an
| 6420646976657273696669656420616772696375 | d diversified agricu
| 6c747572652c20646576656c6f70696e67207265 | lture, developing re
| 6e657761626c6520616e64206c65737320706f6c | newable and less pol
| 6c7574696e6720666f726d73206f6620656e6572 | luting forms of ener
| 67792c20656e636f75726167696e672061206d6f | gy, encouraging a mo
| 726520656666696369656e7420757365206f6620 | re efficient use of
| 656e657267792c2070726f6d6f74696e67206120 | energy, promoting a
| 626574746572206d616e6167656d656e74206f66 | better management of
| 206d6172696e6520616e6420666f726573742072 | marine and forest r
| 65736f75726365732c20616e6420656e73757269 | esources, and ensuri
| 6e6720756e6976657273616c2061636365737320 | ng universal access
| 746f206472696e6b696e672077617465722e203c | to drinking water. <
| 2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e | /p> 
| 3136352e205765206b6e6f772074686174207465 | 165. We know that te
| 63686e6f6c6f6779206261736564206f6e207468 | chnology based on th
| 6520757365206f6620686967686c7920706f6c6c | e use of highly poll
| 7574696e6720666f7373696c206675656c7320e2 | uting fossil fuels
| 809320657370656369616c6c7920636f616c2c20 | especially coal,
| 62757420616c736f206f696c20616e642c20746f | but also oil and, to
| 2061206c6573736572206465677265652c206761 | a lesser degree, ga
| 7320e28093206e6565647320746f206265207072 | s needs to be pr
| 6f67726573736976656c79207265706c61636564 | ogressively replaced
| 20776974686f75742064656c61792e20556e7469 | without delay. Unti
| 6c20677265617465722070726f67726573732069 | l greater progress i
| 73206d61646520696e20646576656c6f70696e67 | s made in developing
| 20776964656c792061636365737369626c652073 | widely accessible s
| 6f7572636573206f662072656e657761626c6520 | ources of renewable
| 656e657267792c206974206973206c6567697469 | energy, it is legiti
| 6d61746520746f2063686f6f736520746865206c | mate to choose the l
| 6573736572206f662074776f206576696c73206f | esser of two evils o
| 7220746f2066696e642073686f72742d7465726d | r to find short-term
| 20736f6c7574696f6e732e204275742074686520 | solutions. But the
| 696e7465726e6174696f6e616c20636f6d6d756e | international commun
| 69747920686173207374696c6c206e6f74207265 | ity has still not re
| 6163686564206164657175617465206167726565 | ached adequate agree
| 6d656e74732061626f7574207468652072657370 | ments about the resp
| 6f6e736962696c69747920666f7220706179696e | onsibility for payin
| 672074686520636f737473206f66207468697320 | g the costs of this
| 656e65726779207472616e736974696f6e2e2049 | energy transition. I
| 6e20726563656e7420646563616465732c20656e | n recent decades, en
| 7669726f6e6d656e74616c206973737565732068 | vironmental issues h
| 61766520676976656e207269736520746f20636f | ave given rise to co
| 6e736964657261626c65207075626c6963206465 | nsiderable public de
| 6261746520616e64206861766520656c69636974 | bate and have elicit
| 656420612076617269657479206f6620636f6d6d | ed a variety of comm
| 697474656420616e642067656e65726f75732063 | itted and generous c
| 6976696320726573706f6e7365732e20506f6c69 | ivic responses. Poli
| 7469637320616e6420627573696e657373206861 | tics and business ha
| 7665206265656e20736c6f7720746f2072656163 | ve been slow to reac
| 7420696e20612077617920636f6d6d656e737572 | t in a way commensur
| 61746520776974682074686520757267656e6379 | ate with the urgency
| 206f6620746865206368616c6c656e6765732066 | of the challenges f
| 6163696e67206f757220776f726c642e20416c74 | acing our world. Alt
| 686f7567682074686520706f73742d696e647573 | hough the post-indus
| 747269616c20706572696f64206d61792077656c | trial period may wel
| 6c2062652072656d656d6265726564206173206f | l be remembered as o
| 6e65206f6620746865206d6f7374206972726573 | ne of the most irres
| 706f6e7369626c6520696e20686973746f72792c | ponsible in history,
| 206e6f6e657468656c6573732074686572652069 | nonetheless there i
| 7320726561736f6e20746f20686f706520746861 | s reason to hope tha
| 742068756d616e69747920617420746865206461 | t humanity at the da
| 776e206f6620746865207477656e74792d666972 | wn of the twenty-fir
| 73742063656e747572792077696c6c2062652072 | st century will be r
| 656d656d626572656420666f7220686176696e67 | emembered for having
| 2067656e65726f75736c792073686f756c646572 | generously shoulder
| 65642069747320677261766520726573706f6e73 | ed its grave respons
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| 203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3136362e20576f726c |  166. Worl
| 64776964652c207468652065636f6c6f67696361 | dwide, the ecologica
| 6c206d6f76656d656e7420686173206d61646520 | l movement has made
| 7369676e69666963616e7420616476616e636573 | significant advances
| 2c207468616e6b7320616c736f20746f20746865 | , thanks also to the
| 206566666f727473206f66206d616e79206f7267 | efforts of many org
| 616e697a6174696f6e73206f6620636976696c20 | anizations of civil
| 736f63696574792e20497420697320696d706f73 | society. It is impos
| 7369626c65206865726520746f206d656e74696f | sible here to mentio
| 6e207468656d20616c6c2c206f7220746f207265 | n them all, or to re
| 766965772074686520686973746f7279206f6620 | view the history of
| 746865697220636f6e747269627574696f6e732e | their contributions.
| 20427574207468616e6b7320746f207468656972 | But thanks to their
| 206566666f7274732c20656e7669726f6e6d656e | efforts, environmen
| 74616c207175657374696f6e7320686176652069 | tal questions have i
| 6e6372656173696e676c7920666f756e64206120 | ncreasingly found a
| 706c616365206f6e207075626c6963206167656e | place on public agen
| 64617320616e6420656e636f757261676564206d | das and encouraged m
| 6f7265206661722d736967687465642061707072 | ore far-sighted appr
| 6f61636865732e2054686973206e6f7477697468 | oaches. This notwith
| 7374616e64696e672c20726563656e7420576f72 | standing, recent Wor
| 6c642053756d6d697473206f6e2074686520656e | ld Summits on the en
| 7669726f6e6d656e742068617665206e6f74206c | vironment have not l
| 6976656420757020746f20657870656374617469 | ived up to expectati
| 6f6e7320626563617573652c2064756520746f20 | ons because, due to
| 6c61636b206f6620706f6c69746963616c207769 | lack of political wi
| 6c6c2c2074686579207765726520756e61626c65 | ll, they were unable
| 20746f207265616368207472756c79206d65616e | to reach truly mean
| 696e6766756c20616e6420656666656374697665 | ingful and effective
| 20676c6f62616c2061677265656d656e7473206f | global agreements o
| 6e2074686520656e7669726f6e6d656e742e3c2f | n the environment.</
| 703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e31 | p> 1
| 36372e2054686520313939322045617274682053 | 67. The 1992 Earth S
| 756d6d697420696e2052696f206465204a616e65 | ummit in Rio de Jane
| 69726f20697320776f727468206d656e74696f6e | iro is worth mention
| 696e672e2049742070726f636c61696d65642074 | ing. It proclaimed t
| 68617420e2809c68756d616e206265696e677320 | hat human beings
| 617265206174207468652063656e747265206f66 | are at the centre of
| 20636f6e6365726e7320666f7220737573746169 | concerns for sustai
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| 682c20746865206f626c69676174696f6e206f66 | h, the obligation of
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| 20746f206173736573732074686520656e766972 | to assess the envir
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| 6976656e2070726f6a6563747320616e6420776f | iven projects and wo
| 726b732e204974207365742074686520676f616c | rks. It set the goal
| 206f66206c696d6974696e6720677265656e686f | of limiting greenho
| 7573652067617320636f6e63656e74726174696f | use gas concentratio
| 6e20696e207468652061746d6f7370686572652c | n in the atmosphere,
| 20696e20616e206566666f727420746f20726576 | in an effort to rev
| 6572736520746865207472656e64206f6620676c | erse the trend of gl
| 6f62616c207761726d696e672e20497420616c73 | obal warming. It als
| 6f206472657720757020616e206167656e646120 | o drew up an agenda
| 7769746820616e20616374696f6e20706c616e20 | with an action plan
| 616e64206120636f6e76656e74696f6e206f6e20 | and a convention on
| 62696f6469766572736974792c20616e64207374 | biodiversity, and st
| 61746564207072696e6369706c65732072656761 | ated principles rega
| 7264696e6720666f72657374732e20416c74686f | rding forests. Altho
| 756768207468652073756d6d6974207761732061 | ugh the summit was a
| 207265616c207374657020666f72776172642c20 | real step forward,
| 616e642070726f70686574696320666f72206974 | and prophetic for it
| 732074696d652c20697473206163636f72647320 | s time, its accords
| 68617665206265656e20706f6f726c7920696d70 | have been poorly imp
| 6c656d656e7465642c2064756520746f20746865 | lemented, due to the
| 206c61636b206f66207375697461626c65206d65 | lack of suitable me
| 6368616e69736d7320666f72206f766572736967 | chanisms for oversig
| 68742c20706572696f6469632072657669657720 | ht, periodic review
| 616e642070656e616c7469657320696e20636173 | and penalties in cas
| 6573206f66206e6f6e2d636f6d706c69616e6365 | es of non-compliance
| 2e20546865207072696e6369706c657320776869 | . The principles whi
| 63682069742070726f636c61696d656420737469 | ch it proclaimed sti
| 6c6c20617761697420616e20656666696369656e | ll await an efficien
| 7420616e6420666c657869626c65206d65616e73 | t and flexible means
| 206f662070726163746963616c20696d706c656d | of practical implem
| 656e746174696f6e2e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e20 | entation. 
| 3c2f703e200d0a3c703e3136382e20416d6f6e67 |  168. Among
| 20706f73697469766520657870657269656e6365 | positive experience
| 7320696e2074686973207265676172642c207765 | s in this regard, we
| 206d69676874206d656e74696f6e2c20666f7220 | might mention, for
| 6578616d706c652c2074686520426173656c2043 | example, the Basel C
| 6f6e76656e74696f6e206f6e2068617a6172646f | onvention on hazardo
| 7573207761737465732c20776974682069747320 | us wastes, with its
| 73797374656d206f66207265706f7274696e672c | system of reporting,
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| 6f6c732e20546865726520697320616c736f2074 | ols. There is also t
| 68652062696e64696e6720436f6e76656e74696f | he binding Conventio
| 6e206f6e20696e7465726e6174696f6e616c2074 | n on international t
| 7261646520696e20656e64616e67657265642073 | rade in endangered s
| 706563696573206f662077696c64206661756e61 | pecies of wild fauna
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