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Honourable Federal Minister for Planning, Development and
Reform, his excellency Mr Ahsan Iqbal, the President, Pakistan Society
of Development Economists, discussants, Dr Ashfaque Hasan Khan and Dr
Rehana Siddiqui, Dr Durr-e-Nayab, distinguished ladies and gentlemen,
let me say at the outset that it is a great privilege for me to be here
and to be given this opportunity to deliver the Quaid-i-Azam Lecture. I
regard this as a signal honour and I feel particularly privileged coming
from India being able to speak in honour of the Quaid-i-Azam, the
founder of this country. I want to express my gratitude for this
particular privilege which I have been given. I also want to acknowledge
the very warm sentiments expressed by his Excellency the Minister. I
certainly believe that in this day and age we have to look forward, we
have to look at the future and I think we have to erase some of the
problems, demolish some of the barriers and the hindrances that have
prevented South Asian cooperation in the past. So Sir, your words in
that context are certainly appreciated and I would say that we have to
put them into effect by ushering in a new future for this region. I want
to mention that when I had the privilege of accepting the Nobel peace
prize on behalf of Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in
2007 along with Mr Al Gore, in my acceptance speech I used a Sanskrit
phrase which is Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam and that means the universe is one
family. Now if the universe is one family, may I submit that, we
particularly in Pakistan and India are really the core of that family. I
believe the future lies in our ability to develop a model of economic
growth and development that serves as an example for the rest of the
world. Let me at the very outset say that we have been somewhat
negligent and perhaps short sighted in emulating what has been
established as a form of development in other parts of the world and I
will say a little more about this as I move on. Let me start by
referring to the definition of sustainable development which essentially
comes out of the work of the Brundtland Commission that was completed in
1987 and it's a very simple definition. It defines sustainable
development as that form of development which allows the current
generation to meet their own needs without compromising on the ability
of future generations to meet their own needs. So, therefore, it
essentially takes into account the issue of intergenerational equity.
Whatever we do today should not be selfishly oriented by which we might
meet more than our needs today

La quatrième de couverture indique : "Nous sommes à l'aube d'une véritable crise de civilisation. Le bouleversement écologique, l'insatisfaction chronique des besoins matériels d'une large part de l'humanité et la dégradation du bien-être physique et mental dans les sociétés industrialisées en sont autant de symptômes. Il est grand temps de nous attaquer aux causes fondamentales de cette crise, à commencer par des modes de vie dispendieux en ressources naturelles, ainsi qu'une conception étriquée de l'économie et de la nature humaine. Pour chacun d'entre nous, les changements de mode de vie et de penser nécessaires sont l'occasion de nous sentir plus vivants et plus heureux. Pour la société humaine dans son ensemble, la redéfinition de nos priorités collectives nous permettra d'accéder à un niveau supérieur de développement. Cette nouvelle ère, plus écologique et moins matérialiste, est à portée de main - si seulement nous cessons de prendre pour vrai le reflet du miroir déformant que nous tend la société de surconsommation. Cet ouvrage offre des clés pour comprendre et agir aux niveaux individuel et collectif

Dieser Synthesebericht mit seiner Zusammenfassung für politische Entscheidungsträger ist der vierte und letzte Teil des Vierten Sachstandsberichts (AR4) des Zwischenstaatlichen Ausschusses für Klimaänderungen (IPCC) - "Klimaänderung 2007". Er trägt aktuelle, politisch relevante wissenschaftliche, technische und sozioökonomische Informationen zum Klimawandel für Politiker und andere Berufsgruppen zusammen. Dieser Bericht soll Regierungen und anderen Entscheidungsträgern im öffentlichen und privaten Sektor helfen, angemessene Reaktionen auf die Bedrohung durch menschenerzeugten Klimawandel aufzustellen und umzusetzen. (Quelle: BMU / Internet).

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"This report summarizes the findings of the three Working Group reports and provides a synthesis that specifically addresses the issues of concern to policymakers in the domain of climate change."