Not exact matches
Our greatest opportunities are
now global — like spreading
prosperity and freedom, promoting peace and understanding, lifting people out of poverty, and accelerating science.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: The
Global Risks Report 2015 — After three consecutive years among the top three, water has
now moved to the top position, as the greatest risks for human wellbeing and
prosperity in the next ten years and beyond.
For example, Thomas Friedman wrote that ``... what the flattening of the world [his view of technology and globalization] means is that we are
now connecting all the knowledge centers on the planet together into a single
global network, which — if politics and terrorism don't get in the way — could usher in an amazing era of
prosperity and innovation.»
We recognize the urgent need to act
now to avoid irreversible costs to our
global community's economic
prosperity and public health and are optimistic that world leaders will reach an agreement to secure a transition to a low carbon future.