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Originally published on December 15, 2020 5:15 pm Warning lights for our societies and the planet are flashing red. That s according to a new report from the United Nations Development Programme.
The report notes that COVID-19 has thrived in the cracks in societies, exploiting and exacerbating myriad inequalities in human development.
While the pandemic has dominated much of the world s attention in 2020, the report notes that existing crises continue:
a historically intense Atlantic hurricane season, raging wildfires on different continents, animal species dying off in what some experts believe is a mass species extinction event.
The report argues that as humans and the planet together enter a new geological epoch the Anthropocene, or the Age of Humans all countries must fully account for the pressure that people are putting on the Earth while also confronting dramatic imbalances of power and opportunity.
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Redefining issues of our time
“In the wake of COVID-19, record-breaking temperatures and spiraling inequality, it is time to use that power to redefine what we mean by progress, where our carbon and consumption footprints are no longer hidden,” said Achim Steiner, the Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
“As this report shows, no country in the world has yet achieved very high human development without putting immense strain on the planet.
“But we could be the first generation to right this wrong. That is the next frontier for human development,” Steiner added.
The report, “with greater emphasis on the defining issues of our time such as climate change and inequalities, helps us to steer our efforts towards the future we want,” said Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven.
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Originally published on December 15, 2020 5:15 pm Warning lights for our societies and the planet are flashing red. That s according to a new report from the United Nations Development Programme.
The report notes that COVID-19 has thrived in the cracks in societies, exploiting and exacerbating myriad inequalities in human development.
While the pandemic has dominated much of the world s attention in 2020, the report notes that existing crises continue:
a historically intense Atlantic hurricane season, raging wildfires on different continents, animal species dying off in what some experts believe is a mass species extinction event.
The report argues that as humans and the planet together enter a new geological epoch the Anthropocene, or the Age of Humans all countries must fully account for the pressure that people are putting on the Earth while also confronting dramatic imbalances of power and opportunity.
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