“The way humanity manages or mismanages its nature-based assets, including pollinators, will in part define our collective future in the 21st century.” WayHumanityCenturyIncludingManageCollectivesAssets21st Century Author:Achim Steiner
“With Climate Change as a Security Risk, WBGU has compiled a flagship report on an issue that quite rightly is rising rapidly up the international political agenda. The authors pull no punches on the likelihood of increasing tensions and conflicts in a climatically constrained world and spotlight places where possible conflicts may flare up in the 21st century unless climate change is checked. The report makes it clear that climate policy is preventative security policy.” WorldMayPoliticalIssuesClearRiskCenturySecurityPolicyConflictClimateClimate ChangeInternationalTensionRisingReportsAgendas21st CenturySpotlightLikelihoodFlarePolitical AgendasFlare Up Author:Achim Steiner
“Human beings have fabricated the illusion that in the 21st century they have the technological prowess to be independent of nature. Bees underline the reality that we are more, not less, dependent on nature’s services in a world of close to seven billion people.” PeopleWorldHumansRealityHuman BeingsCenturyIllusionIndependentBillionsDependentBeesTechnological21st CenturyProwess Author:Achim Steiner
