This report examines the urgent global challenge of sustainable development and its relationship to rising inequality within and among countries. It strives to identify polices that would make development both more sustainable and more equitable. The integral relationship between inequality and unsustainability is recognized. The inequitably apportioned control and consumption of natural resources is a key driver of global warming - and yet those who will suffer most from climate change are disproportionately those least responsible for environmental deterioration. The report seeks to identify ways in which sustainability and equity can be jointly advanced. It examines long-term trends in inequality at national and global levels, and argues why it is essential to promote practices today that will both increase sustainability and reduce inequality for future generations.
| ISBN: | 9780230363311 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 2011 |
| Author: | United Nations Development Programme |
| Publisher: | United Nations Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 176 pages |
| Genres: |
International economics |
This report examines the urgent global challenge of sustainable development and its relationship to rising inequality within and among countries. It strives to identify polices that would make development both more sustainable and more equitable. The integral relationship between inequality and unsustainability is recognized. The inequitably apportioned control and consumption of natural resources is a key driver of global warming - and yet those who will suffer most from climate change are disproportionately those least responsible for environmental deterioration. The report seeks to identify ways in which sustainability and equity can be jointly advanced. It examines long-term trends in inequality at national and global levels, and argues why it is essential to promote practices today that will both increase sustainability and reduce inequality for future generations.
Human Development Report 2011 features in the following genres: International economics
Human Development Report 2011 is available in Paperback
Human Development Report 2011 was written by United Nations Development Programme and published by United Nations Publications
Human Development Report 2011 has 176 pages
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