 | James Gustave ("Gus") Speth |
James Gustave ("Gus") Speth, dean of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, has been named Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Fellow for 2005 in Singapore.
The Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitors Program hosts academics and scholars from around the world, and was established in 1983 in honor of the former prime minister of Singapore. Speth visited Singapore Jan. 15-22 and presented public lectures at the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Environment Council.
"The Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitorship is a highly prestigious award offered to internationally eminent and outstanding academics and scholars," says Cheong Hin Fatt, dean of the School of Design and Environment National University of Singapore, noting that Speth's visit coincided with his university's 100th anniversary. "While the program has brought many distinguished visitors from various disciplines, this is the first time that it brings a world leader in the field of the environment."
In his talk at the National University of Singapore, Speth examined whether international environmental law is adequate to address global environmental challenges. In his address at Nanyang Technological University, he reviewed the urgency of the climate change challenge, what this challenge will mean for business, and the need for a revolution in technology. At the Singapore Environment Council, he assessed the seriousness of major global-scale environmental threats, examined the approaches that have been adopted thus far to deal with them, and proposed eight steps to a sustainable future.
Before joining Yale in 1999, Speth founded and was president of the World Resources Institute, co-founded the Natural Resources Defense Council, served as adviser on environmental issues for presidents Carter and Clinton, and was chief executive officer of the United Nations Development Programme.
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