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“Only One Earth,” with the emphasis on “Living Sustainably in Harmony with…

- - - - “The world has enough for everyone’s need, but not for everyone’s greed.”- Mahatma Gandhi
      - “The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?”- David Attenborough
      - Since ages, we are living on this planet as if we had another one to go to.
  - - - • IUCN data - world will witness loss of 20% of its biodiversity (flora and fauna) by the end of this century.
      - • UNEP Report - A healthy environment plays a key role in meeting almost all the 17 SDGs!
      - • World Environment Day 2022 Theme:
        “Only One Earth,” with the emphasis on “Living Sustainably in Harmony with Nature.”
      - • Our Common Future Report, Brundtland Report, 1987- “Humanity’s inability to fit its activities into that pattern is changing planetary systems, fundamentally. Many such changes are accompanied by life-threatening hazards. This new reality, from which there is no escape, must be recognized- and managed.”
- - - - Chipko, Appiko, Narmada Bachao Andolan etc
        
        Contemporary NGOs- Vandana Shiva, Suniti Narain- Centre for Science and
        Environment (CSE)
    - - International Solar Alliance, One Sun-One World-One Grid Plan, and other initiatives.
      - India’s actions and programs related with UN-SDGs.
      - Local initiatives e.g. ban on plastic, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
        framework, Environment regulation rules, acts, policies and related Institutions.
  - - - Let’s accept that the process is not easy or straightforward. Painful choices have to be
        made. Thus, in the final analysis, sustainable development must rest on stronger political will and coherent cooperation at national and international level. We
        need a mandate for change.