Human Development Report 2011: Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All - Softcover

United Nations Development Programme

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230363318 ISBN 13: 9780230363311

Publisher: UN Distributed Titles, 2011

Synopsis

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.

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The UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME The UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. They are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and their wide range of partners. Every year since 1990, the UNDP has commissioned the Human Development Report by an independent team of experts to explore major issues of global concern.

Edition details

• Publisher: UN Distributed Titles
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230363318
• ISBN 13: 9780230363311
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224