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Finding room for happiness at Rio+20 Conference: it’s time for Canada to offer constructive leadership to global efforts for human well-being
A growing global movement is working to create a sustainability-based economic paradigm using well-being indicators that count natural and social capital values to assess the true costs and gains of economic activity. It doesn’t eliminate GDP as a factor, but puts it in perspective.
The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright
Environment Minister Peter Kent, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. Mardi Tindal says Canada gave leadership in Rio, and afterwards. But international action since then, including Canada’s, has not been sufficient to prevent a looming, catastrophic rise in global temperatures. Indeed, Canada is now moving to undo most of the positive steps it took after Rio.
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Finding room for happiness at Rio+20 Conference: it’s time for Canada to offer constructive leadership to global efforts for human well-being
A growing global movement is working to create a sustainability-based economic paradigm using well-being indicators that count natural and social capital values to assess the true costs and gains of economic activity. It doesn’t eliminate GDP as a factor, but puts it in perspective.
The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright
Environment Minister Peter Kent, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. Mardi Tindal says Canada gave leadership in Rio, and afterwards. But international action since then, including Canada’s, has not been sufficient to prevent a looming, catastrophic rise in global temperatures. Indeed, Canada is now moving to undo most of the positive steps it took after Rio.
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