World Environment Day

A statement by Good Governance Africa on World Environment Day 2020, arguing that current economic models must be transformed to recognize ecological limits and planetary boundaries to avoid ecological collapse.

• The author asserts that global economic systems require deep reform because they fail to account for ecological degradation, which has contributed to climate change and increased vulnerabilities for the worst-off populations.
• Humanity is at risk of exceeding planetary boundaries—the limits of the planet's capacity to absorb anthropogenic impacts—which could lead to domino effects and ecological collapse. This has already resulted in the sixth extinction, making radical biodiversity preservation a non-negotiable global imperative.
• The document argues that economic policies pursuing growth in production and consumption have ignored the laws of thermodynamics and treated the environment as a free good; therefore, economic models must be transformed to acknowledge that sustainable ecological foundations are necessary for any economy to exist.

APA

Harvey, D. R. (2020). World Environment Day. Good Governance Africa. https://gga.org/world-environment-day/

Chicago

Harvey, Dr Ross. World Environment Day. Good Governance Africa, 2020. https://gga.org/world-environment-day/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Harvey |first1=Dr Ross |title=World Environment Day |publisher=Good Governance Africa |date=5 June 2020 |url=https://gga.org/world-environment-day/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{harvey2020world, author = {Harvey, Dr Ross}, title = {{World Environment Day}}, publisher = {Good Governance Africa}, year = {2020}, month = jun, url = {https://gga.org/world-environment-day/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }