UN Panel on Global Sustainability Releases its Report

At the end of January, the UN Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on Global Sustainability released its final report (“Resilient People, Resilient Plant: a future worth choosing“). The panel, which was chaired by Tarja Halmen, president of Finland, and Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa, acknowledged some progress with respect to the Millennium Development Goals, but warned that the world is on an unsustainable path:   “The signposts are clear: We need to change dramatically, beginning with how we think about our relationship to each other, to future generations, and to the eco-systems that support us….Continuing on the same path will put people and our planet at greatly heightened risk.”

The report makes 56 specific recommendations, including support for expanding family planning and reproductive health options, incorporating sustainability considerations into national strategic planning, creation of a Sustainable Development Index, improvement in gender equity, and the development of a set of “sustainable development goals” similar to the MDGs.

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