February 2012
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UN High Commissioner for Future Generations
A new discussion paper has been published on how a UN High Commissioner for Future Generations could function.
World Future Council and Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development, with others, have drafted the paper in response to the UN Rio+20 ‘zero draft’ text that proposes the establishment of such an institution.
Image from the World Future Council
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Children, Citizenship and Environment
A new book has been published on “Children, Citizenship and Environment” by Bronwyn Hayward. This looks like a very useful resource for youngsters growing up in a rapidly changing world.
The blurb:
Children growing up today are confronted by four difficult and intersecting challenges: dangerous environmental change, weakening democracies, growing social inequality, and a global...
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Decoupling - what's it about?
“People believe environmental ‘bads’ are the price we must pay for economic ‘goods.’ However, we cannot, and need not, continue to act as if this trade-off is inevitable” UN Under Secretary-General Achim Steiner, UNEP’s Executive Director
** UNEP publishes new report on decoupling growth **
The report shows how long-term thinking can be integrated into a world that currently relies...
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Financial short-termism: a barrier to long term...
“Financial short-termism represents a critical barrier to businesses’ transition to sustainability, according to a new poll.”
A survey - The Sustainability Survey - conducted by GlobeScan and SustainAbility shows that “of attitudes across businesses, NGOs, academia and government … a very large majority (88%) of the 642 experts polled see pressure for short-term...