We are not going to meet the Millennium Development Goals on water or health unless we protect them.

Cities demand huge amounts of energy to run their infrastructure and fuel their transport, they suck in vast quantities of water, they demand large amounts of food.

There is enough fresh water in Africa for everybody, but management of water resources is less than optimal.

The atlas shows that massive changes are happening in African lakes.

Lakes are the lifeblood of millions and millions of Africans,

We believe that the Kyoto Protocol is the mechanism for fighting climate change, but we welcome steps by any countries that reduce emissions.

There are multiple challenges, ranging from raising the number of marine protected areas from 0.5 percent of the world’s oceans to helping developing countries adapt to the growing impacts of climate change.