International cooperation and technology transfer and adaptation are essential to promote indigenous development of technology. Education is needed to understand the benefits of technology. Scientists have a responsibility of communicating the risks and rewards of a new technology to society at large. The discussions revolved around the following six points. Sustainable development requires incremental changes and not necessarily radical solutions.
Economic vitality is required for long-term environmental protection and sustainable development.
It requires commitment from industry and understanding of society to pursue science and technology options that will lead to economic growth. Public policy and possibly some new business models will be required to deliver the benefits of environment-related technologies around the world. In the discussions that followed, the following issues were raised. Society has to create support systems to help the SMEs. Technology transfer should take the form of technical cooperation.