World Environment Day

The statement asserts that current economic systems, which treat the environment as a free good and ignore thermodynamic limits, have driven climate change and the sixth mass extinction. It calls for a radical shift toward economic models that prioritize sustainable ecological foundations and biodiversity preservation to maintain a safe and just space within planetary boundaries.

• Current economic systems are fundamentally flawed because they fail to account for ecological degradation and treat the natural environment as a free good, leading to climate change and increased vulnerabilities for the poor.
• Humanity is risking the overstepping of planetary boundaries, which are the limits of the planet's capacity to absorb anthropogenic impacts; exceeding one boundary can trigger domino effects leading to ecological collapse and the sixth extinction.
• There is a non-negotiable global imperative for radical biodiversity preservation and the implementation of new economic models that recognize that no economy can exist without sustainable ecological foundations.

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} }