Stockholm Memorandum

The Stockholm Memorandum is a document signed in May 2011 by many

"We are the first generation with the insight of the new global risks facing humanity, that people and societies are the biggest drivers of global change. The basic analysis is not in question: we cannot continue on our current path and need to take action quickly. Science can guide us in identifying the pathway to global sustainability, provided that it also engages in an open dialogue with society," says Professor Mario Molina, who acted as judge and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995.

Conclusions

Key conclusion of the Stockholm Memorandum include:

• that
  environmental sustainability
  is a precondition for poverty eradication, economic development, and social justice;
• that achieving the Millennium Development Goals is a top priority, since almost a third of the world scrapes by on less than $2 per day;
• that the
  Gross Domestic Product
  (GDP) is insufficient as an economic indicator and that, therefore, new human welfare indicators must be developed;
• that global warming must be kept below 2 degrees Celsius, which, in turn, requires a global carbon dioxide emissions peak no later than 2015;
• that a new agricultural revolution must be fostered so as to produce more food in a sustainable way on agricultural land currently used.^[5]

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