ABSTRACT
“Make the wrong choices now and future generations will live with a changed climate, depleted resources and without green space and biodiversity that contribute both to our standard of living and our quality of life. Each of us needs to make the right choices to secure a future that is fairer, where we can all live within our environmental limits. That means sustainable development. This is an agenda for the long term. There is no magic wand that government or any one else can wave to make sustainable behavior and activity the norm overnight. We will only succeed if we go with the grain of what individuals and businesses want, and channel their creativity to confront the environmental challenges we face. Development, growth and prosperity need not and should not be in conflict with sustainability.”
