ABSTRACT
How can we slow down global warming and how can people adapt to a changed climate? How can we ensure that everyone has access to enough clean drinking water and adequate food every day? How can we deal appropriately with an expanding world population on the one hand and with ageing populations in many industrialised societies on the other? How can global change be shaped and influenced? How can energy supplies be secured over the long term? What should be done to prevent the decline in biological diversity? How can the growth of megacities be kept within reasonable bounds? How can we preserve the beauty of our countryside landscapes? What can we ourselves do to solve these problems, and what is the role of policy makers? How can we create a decent and liveable future for our children? We might sum up these and many other questions by asking: what must we do to achieve sustainable development?
