March 02, 2021 Reef fish and corals in the waters of the Seychelles archipelago. — courtesy UNDP NEW YORK — Nations must start weighing up the cost of economic profit against damage to the environment if they are to have a chance at a sustainable future, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday. The UN chief highlighted that the global economy increased almost fivefold in the past fifty years, but that growth was at a massive cost to the environment. “Nature’s resources still do not figure in countries’ calculations of wealth. The current system is weighted towards destruction, not preservation,” he said.