Küstenökosysteme weltweit: Milliardenschwere CO2-Speicher - Sonnenseite - Ökologische Kommunikation mit Franz Alt sonnenseite.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sonnenseite.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The writer is senior economic adviser, United Nations Environment Programme.
THERE are three questions that the global sustainable development community is currently grappling with. First, can developing economies facing a Covid-19-related economic recession find ways to follow a ‘build forward better’ path? Second, can the economy follow a trajectory of development where the net emissions of greenhouse gases are sustained at zero (referred to as the Net-Zero Target)? Third, can rapidly declining biodiversity be halted through effective restoration?
The current initiatives implemented by Pakistan suggest that the answer to these questions can be an astounding Yes!
Well-established scientific evidence is conclusive that we are putting exceedingly high pressure on our biosphere through our ever-growing demand for ecosystem services. The United Nations Environment Programme’s assessment of all scientific assessments of the last 40 years strongly suggests mainstreaming nature
Restoration is a remarkable solution to environmental challenges unep.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from unep.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
UN report says inclusive wealth on the rise in Pakistan
Jun 5, 2021
Inclusive wealth, a measure of Pakistan’s prosperity and sustainability that accounts for social, economic and environmental factors has been on the rise consistently since 1992, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report shows.
The report,
, assessed Pakistan’s Inclusive Wealth, a measure of economic and environmental well-being that includes factors typically overlooked by indicators like Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
This framework counts the social value rather than the dollar price of assets such as natural, human, and produced capital, to provide a more holistic approach to economic monitoring and management.
Inclusive wealth on the rise in Pakistan unep.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from unep.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.