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Vision 2050
Sandberg, Per Kummer, Kija Khan, Nijma Leong, Li Li
Sandberg, Per
Kummer, Kija
Khan, Nijma
Leong, Li Li
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"In 2050, around 9 billion people live well, and within the limits of the planet Just 40 years from now, some 30% more people will be living on this planet. For business, the good news is that this growth will deliver billions of new consumers who want homes and cars and television sets. The bad news is that shrinking resources and potentially changing climates will limit the ability of all 9 billion of us to attain or maintain the consumptive lifestyle that is commensurate with wealth in today’s affluent markets. In the WBCSD’s Vision 2050 project, 29 global companies representing 14 industries tackled this dilemma. They developed a vision, based on dialogues in 20 countries with several hundred companies as well as experts, of a world on-track toward sustainability by 2050. This will be a world in which the global population is not just living on the planet, but living well and within the limits of the planet. By “living well”, we are describing a standard of living where people have access to and the ability to afford education, healthcare, mobility, the basics of food, water, energy and shelter, and consumer goods. By “living within the limits of the planet”, we mean living in such a way that this standard of living can be sustained with the available natural resources and without further harm to biodiversity, climate and other ecosystems. At first this Vision may read like a utopian ideal, considering how far it seems to be from the world of today. But that is neither the intention of this report, nor the reality. With or without Vision 2050, life in 2050 will be radically different for all of us. Vision 2050 is the best available star to steer by today, based on the observations, projections and expectations of the companies and experts who contributed to this effort. This guiding star is an attempt to help leaders across governments, businesses and civil society avoid repeating mistakes of the past – making decisions in isolation that result in unintended consequences for people, the environment and planet Earth. Vision 2050 seeks to provide a common understanding so leaders can make the decisions that deliver the best outcomes possible for human development over the next four decades. It is also a platform for ongoing dialogue, so we can continue to raise the important questions we must answer in order to make progress in this uncharted territory."(pg 3)
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2010-02
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9783940388568
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