Mostafa K Tolba , has been an influential figure in the global environmental arena, and has monitored the state of the world s environment. For 17 years he served as the executive director of the United Nations Environment

Climate change, desertification and the GEF

President, Global Village of Beijing, an NGO promoting public involvement in environmental protection "The NGO movement needs to be strengthened" • The ngo movement has been growing in

Vice-chairperson of the GEF Assembly and minister for development cooperation, Denmark "Developed countries should pay more towards environment protection" • We think that the world needs

Chairperson of the Climate Institute, Washington, DC " This is a need for tough measures to check artifically induced climate change" • The biggest emitters must make the biggest

Economic development has been the watchword in India’s march onto the 21st century. But the country is paying an enormous price for this much-hyped onward march, which has brought in its wake ecological devastation and numerous health problems, says an