Climate Change: Are Tomorrow's Needs more Important than Today's Reality?
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The climate change and sustainable development debate is very much defined by the
dilemma of “meet[ing] the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Yet, adaptation and mitigation to climate change are highly costly endeavours.
Can countries, and the world, find that critical balance – in the climate change debate – between addressing today’s realities and the needs of tomorrow? This means taking into account issues of parity, ethics and accountability to future generations.
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