Name: Erik Solheim: China proves that green development can lead to prosperity
Uploaded: 2026-06-09T16:17:41+08:00
Duration: PT40.68S
Description: Former UN environment chief Erik Solheim says it's time to ditch the pessimism. In the past, prosperity was tied to fossil fuels. Not anymore. China is building a national park system three times the size of America's, Solheim notes, forging a new path

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Former UN environment chief Erik Solheim says it's time to ditch the pessimism. In the past, prosperity was tied to fossil fuels. Not anymore. China is building a national park system three times the size of America's, Solheim notes, forging a new path to prosperity. But he warns against naivety: "We must work every single day to build a more prosperous, people-centered and greener future for humanity."

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