Friday, 12 March 2021, 7:12 pm
UN Member States agreed a new statistical
framework on Wednesday that takes into account the
contributions of nature, when measuring economic prosperity
and human well-being.
Adopted by nations
gathered at the UN Statistical
Commission – the Organization’s highest decision
making body for international statistics standards – the
new economic and environmental statistical framework is expected
to “reshape” decisions and policies for sustainable
development and climate action.
“This is a historic
step forward towards transforming how we view and value
nature”, UN Secretary-General António
Guterres said.
“We will no longer be heedlessly
allowing environmental destruction and degradation to be
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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, the 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.
Up to now, humanity has treated nature as a free commodity. The price is climate change, pollution and mass extinction. It is high time to #MakeNatureCount , and to go beyond GDP as the only measure of economic success (video via @UNDESA). pic.twitter.com/v6e5oUdfO9
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