{"id":2569,"date":"2012-02-01T19:49:02","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T03:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/?p=2569"},"modified":"2012-02-01T19:49:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T03:49:02","slug":"re-defining-wealth-in-the-21st-century-from-the-un-yahoo-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/01\/re-defining-wealth-in-the-21st-century-from-the-un-yahoo-news\/","title":{"rendered":"“Re-defining Wealth” in the 21st Century— From the UN (Yahoo News)"},"content":{"rendered":"

UN panel says retool world economy for sustainability<\/h1>\n

The world can no longer afford to ignore the environmental cost of economic growth and must redefine the very concept of national wealth, a UN panel of heads of state and environment ministers said Monday.<\/em><\/p>\n

The panel challenged leaders to recognise that “current global development is unsustainable.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“We need to chart a new, more sustainable course for the future, one that strengthens equality and economic growth while protecting our planet,” UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in Addis Ababa to mark the release of the panel’s report, which outlines more than 50 policy recommendations.<\/em><\/p>\n

By 2030, the report warned, the planet will need at least 50 percent more food, 45 percent more energy and 30 percent more water.<\/em><\/p>\n

http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/un-panel-says-retool-world-economy-sustainability-164515165.html<\/strong><\/p>\n

(click the photo to read the entire story)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The NEW (Feb\/Mar) issue is now online:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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UN panel says retool world economy for sustainability The world can no longer afford to ignore the environmental cost of economic growth and must redefine the very concept of national wealth, a UN panel of heads of state and environment ministers said Monday. The panel challenged leaders to recognise that “current global development is unsustainable.” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2569"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2575,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569\/revisions\/2575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}