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Security First. Government and private sector compete for control in efforts to improve, or at least Module
maintain, human well-being for mainly the rich and powerful in society. Security First, which could also
be described as Me First, has as its focus a minority: rich, national and regional. It emphasizes sustainable 6
development only in the context of maximizing access to and use of the environment by the powerful.
Contrary to the Brundtland doctrine of interconnected crises, responses under Security First reinforce

the silos of management, and the UN role is viewed with suspicion, particularly by some rich and
powerful segments of society.

Sustainability First. Government, civil society and the private sector work collaboratively to improve Abu Dhabi, UAE
the environment and human well-being, with a strong emphasis on equity. Equal weight is given to

environmental and socio-economic policies, and accountability, transparency and legitimacy are
stressed across all actors. As in Policy First, it brings the idealism of the Brundtland Commission to
overhauling the environmental policy process at different levels, including strong efforts to implement
the recommendations and agreements of the Rio Earth Summit, WSSD, and the Millennium Summit.
Emphasis is placed on developing effective public-private sector partnerships not only in the context
of projects but also that of governance, ensuring that stakeholders across the spectrum of the
environmentdevelopment discourse provide strategic input to policy making and implementation.

There is an acknowledgement that these processes take time, and that their impacts are likely to be
more long-term than short-term.

There is much fuller collaboration among governments, citizens and other stakeholder groups in decision
making on issues of close common concern. A consensus is reached on what needs to be done to
satisfy basic needs and to realize personal goals without beggaring others or spoiling the outlook for

posterity.

BOX 2 GEO scenarios

Previous editions of GEO also included scenario work. In GEO-1 (UNEP 1997) and the
accompanying technical report (UNEP/RIVM 1997) a single “business as usual” scenario
was analysed, portraying the effect of a further convergence of the world’s regions towards
Western-style production, consumption and resource management. Rudimentary estimates
of the effect of applying best available technology to all investments gradually over all regions
was also considered, though not in a fully integrated fashion. GEO-2000 (UNEP 1999)

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