I was impressed by Florentin Krause's analysis of the limitations of some of the economic modeling which was discussed in Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report. The picture he painted must have been unfamiliar to those who feel excessively daunted by the economics of climate change. Again we have to think anew. I think our conference well brought out that the problem is not whether we should prepare ourselves for climate change with a green revolution, but how that green revolution should be launched. In a small world cooperation soon reaches beyond frontiers.
Few governments are strong enough to act alone.
This is happening already, but clearly not enough. As was well said in the conference, more money may now be needed for advertising than for research, development and demonstration. There are certain things that we have not discussed which perhaps we should have done. I know that there are many problems about use of nuclear energy but whereas some countries in the world have more or less renounced it, others are intent upon developing it, and see it as their primary source for the future. We need a thorough look at the whole issue.