Challenges in energy and the environment

Extracted from text ... 06DiscourseDiskoers Vol.33.1 | 2005Marthinus van SchalkwykOne of the most positive changes affecting South Africa since 1994 has been the attitudeshift from one which saw the interests of people in opposition to the interests of theenvironment, to one that places people at the centre of the environmental equation.Nowhere was this paradigm shift more evident than at the World Summit on SustainableDevelopment (WSSD), hosted by South Africa in 2002. The Heads of State of more than180 nations spoke with one voice identifying poverty and global inequality as the greatestobstacles to sustainable development.Challenges inEnergy and theEnvironment07DiscourseDiskoers Vol.33.1 | 2005The WSSD also provided ..