"October 2014"--Title page verso. Statement of responsibility from spine. Papers commissioned in 2012 from past laureates to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Blue Planet Prize, established by the Asahi Glass Foundation in 1992. (Preface, pages ix and x) Includes bibliographical references.

Part I. Synthesis report. The problem ; The way forward ; Conclusion -- Part 2. Individual contributions. Resilient people, resilient planet : a future worth choosing / Gro Harlem Brundtland ; Our unrecognized emergency / Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich ; Emergence of BRICS and climate change / José Goldemberg ; Environment and development challenges : imperative of a carbon fee and dividend / James E. Hansen ; The global transition beyond fossil fuels / Amory B. Lovins and José Goldemberg ; The ecosystem approach for understanding and resolving environmental problems / Gene E. Likens ; Global warming and water resources / Syukuro Manabe ; Underlying drivers of change and their inter-relationships : demographic changes / Robert May ; Ecosystem services : protecting our heritage and life support system : key issues and ways forward / Harold Mooney ; The policy-science nexus : an area for improved competence in leadership / Karl-Henrik Robèrt ; In search of a green equitable economy / Emil Salim ; Seawater-based carbon sequestration : the key to climate change mitigation and adaptation / Gordon H. Sato and Samuel N. Welderufael ; Irreversibility of climate change because of anthropogenic carbon dioxide increases / Susan Solomon ; Climate change, economics, and a new energy-industrial revolution / Nicholas Stern ; Rio + 20 : green economy with inclusive growth / M.S. Swaminathan ; Agriculture and food security / Robert Watson ; Current and projected state of the global and regional environment : implications for environmental, economic, and social sustainability / Robert Watson ; Innovation and grassroots action / Bunker Roy ; Adapting to climate change / Saleemul Huq ; The importance of good governance / Camilla Toulmin ; Biodiversity : conserving the foundation of sustainable development / Will R. Turner, Russell A. Mittermeier, Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Simon N. Stuart, Jane Smart, Josephine M. Langley, Frank W. Larsen, and Elizabeth R. Selig ; Climate change : protecting biodiversity and harnessing nature's climate solutions / Will R. Turner, Russell A. Mittermeier, Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Simon N. Stuart, Jane Smart, David G. Hole, Elizabeth R. Selig ; Ecosystem services : accounting for the benefits that nature provides to humanity / Will R. Turner, Russell A. Mittermeier, Rachel Neugarten, Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Simon N. Stuart, Jane Smart.