We need a compact with nature if we are to face the future and survive, writes Koïchiro Matsuura*
We have inherited a single planet. But what have we made of it? The Earth is today an endangered heritage, and the species itself is at risk.
The (...)
Global environmental change makes necessary an unprecedented linkage with future generations; one in which sustainability and development are harmonised, writes Koïchiro Matsuura*
We know now that our civilisation, our species, and even our planet (...)
The Director-General of UNESCO Koïchiro Matsuura extols the virtues of shared knowledge as a means for the development of society
Is knowledge sharing a utopian ideal, the international community's new buzz word? We think not. A few examples may be (...)
Information is not necessarily knowledge, writes Koïchiro Matsuura*
Are we on the threshold of a new age -- that of knowledge societies? The scientific upheavals of the 20th century have brought about a third industrial revolution, that of the new (...)