“There is growing concern about how our economic growth, increasing wealth and use of resources will threaten the future of our planet. As people in the developing countries improve their prospects, per capita consumption in these countries is bound to grow,” Dr Singh, said. The measures that the global community takes to protect the environment and deal with climate change should be equitable in their impact on the development prospect of the developing world and the new environment-friendly technologies being developed must be shared and made available to all, said Dr Singh. n SNS