Thank you.
Except in this particular case, the notion of creating wealth was marginalized by every speaker and wasn't mentioned at all.
But let me just carry this further. An economist named Kuznets created what he called the Kuznets curve. He looked at environmental indicators in relation to the wealth of a country. The best example is sulphur dioxide. In the United States the process was that, as it industrialized, SO2 emissions went up dramatically, and the country got richer, but at some point in the 1970s, SO2 emissions went down dramatically, and the country kept getting richer. There is a very clear relationship—and in the modern world there is a very clear relationship—to free market capitalistic societies and their positive environmental performance. I wrote a piece a while ago, a kind of tongue-in-cheek one, saying that if you want to save the environment, you have to get rich.
So I go back to the question. First and foremost, creating wealth in a society should be front and centre. Given the financial situation in Greece, for example, because of excess government spending, are they going to be concerned about environmental quality at this particular point? Again, I go back to the question about the centrality of wealth creation via free market democracies as a way to improve the environment. It's an absolute prerequisite to environmental improvement.