Saturday, August 09, 2014

Rethinking the Economy of the Future

“Leaders today need to emulate the conviction and resolve of post-war leaders and articulate a new vision of sustainable development, putting in place policies and laws that will ensure the required transformation.” Mary Robinson speaking at the Freedom and Solidarity Forum Caen France June 5.

Addressing the Forum on Freedom and Solidarity in Caen France, organized by the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union on “rethinking the economy of the future” Mary Robinson argued that “In rethinking the economy of the future, it is now time to commit to a world unconstrained by carbon emissions and to work backwards from there, identifying and taking the steps we need to take to have a fair pathway to that carbon neutral world. This is not purely a technical challenge; it is fundamentally a moral and political challenge, because it has to be done fairly bearing in mind the different development stages of the countries of the world.”

See full Press Release: http://www.mrfcj.org/news/freedom-solidarity-forum.html