Conferência Ethos 2012

1. State of the World 2012
Moving Toward Sustainable
Prosperity
Estado do Mundo 2012
Rumo à Prosperidade Sustentável
Michael Renner

2. The 1% and the 99%

3. What is Sustainable Prosperity?
It is the result of sustainable development that enables
all human beings:
 to live with their basic needs met
 with their dignity acknowledged
 with abundant opportunity to pursue lives of
satisfaction and happiness
 without denying others, present or future, the
ability to do the same.

4. A Tale of Two Extremes

5. A Differentiated Approach
 Decoupling of economy & materials
use in over-consuming countries
over-
 Green growth in emerging
countries
 Creating social & ecological space
for people in poor countries

6. Chapters in State of the World 2012
Big-picture issues: Specific Policy Areas:
• Green Economy • Urban Planning & Citizen
• Degrowth Participation
• Indicators for Sustainable • Transport Alternatives
Urban Development • Population
• Environmental Governance • Buildings
• Communal Democracy • Agriculture / Food
• Corporate Charter Reform • Biodiversity

7. Green Jobs
 Energy
Renewables: 5 Million Jobs; strong growth
 Transportation
Rail and Urban Public Transport: 26 Million Jobs
 Buildings / Construction
Efficiency Retrofits in Industrial Countries |
Green (New) Buildings in Developing & Emerging Countries
 Recycling
At least 4 Million Jobs in Formal Recycling Sector worldwide |
15-
15-20 Million Jobs in Informal Sector [waste pickers]

8. www.sustainableprosperity.or
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