the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), discusses his goals for next year's meeting and explains what the international community's expectations are for the United States in the discussions.
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Monica Trauzzi: Hello and welcome to OnPoint. I'm Monica Trauzzi. E&ETV sat down with Rio+20 Secretary General Sha Zukang immediately following a speech on international sustainable development at the National Press Club. Mr. Secretary General, thanks for joining me.
Sec. Gen. Sha Zukang: Thank you, madam, for the interview. It's my honor and pleasure.
Monica Trauzzi:
Why is this meeting so significant?
Sec. Gen. Sha Zukang:
Well, it is significant in many ways. Firstly, the subject itself is very important, important in the sense that sustained development is the only way, because the current way of development, which is not sustainable, you know, it simply cannot continue for any time longer. And with rapid increase of the population, with rapid depletion of the resources and with increased, rapid increase of all kind of disasters, with the increased change of the climate, with the deterioration of the environment, with all those health and the social issues which have led to a lot of conflicts in some parts, many parts of the world, you know, the current way of development is not sustainable and we should have the sense of urgency. And since 1992, that is to say almost in the last 20 years a lot of — the international community has also accumulated a lot of experiences and lessons which can be better utilized. So, therefore, it is really the time to get serious on sustained development. Full Article >>>
Location: Cayman Islands
