LIVE NOW: @tarjahalonen & @helenclarkundp talk #Rioplus20. Use #undplive to follow live tweeting on.undp.org/undplive #undplive- time to change ways we measure and track development, time to stop GDP's tirany v @TarjaHalonen #undplive
- in #RioPlus20 we hope for strong committment on new sustainable development goals like in 2000 on #MDG v @TarjaHalonen #undplive
- key Q ahead of #RioPlus20: how to accelerate poverty reduction while protecting the planet we depend on v @HelenClarkUNDP #undplive
- v R. Kapuscinski we know everything about poverty, but still can’t reduce it. In Rio we need to get practical v @HelenClarkUNDP #undplive
sust. dev. v Brundtland: meet needs of present&allow future generations to meet their needs v @HelenClarkUNDP #undplive http://pic.twitter.com/fpbw0cCC- sust. dev. too often misunderstood as fight btwn human progress vs. env, being about only or mainly environment v @HelenClarkUNDP #undplive
- worlds better than before, but end poverty=unfinished agenda #RioPlus20 chance to advance equity and sstnability v @HelenClarkUNDP #undplive
- govs reluctant to long-term strategies, focus on short-term, sust. dev suffering from failure of political will v @HelenClarkUNDP #undplive
- triple win policies key to sustainable development: economic, social, environmental working together v @HelenClarkUNDP #undplive
- expected from Rio: post-2015 sustainable dev. goals, easy to communicate. Could be mesaured by human dev. index v @HelenClarkUNDP #undplive
- dev. aid needs to play increasingly catalyctic role, also in building capacity, public services, institutions v @HelenClarkUNDP #undplive
- Public finance will not do all. Redesign of incentives and setting standards (procurement) for business key v @HelenClarkUNDP #undplive
- Q on population growth: family size fell in North > give women choice, access to reproductive health, education v @HelenClarkUNDP #undplive
- advise for small countries on ensuring development&environment - follow Ethiopia's recent strategies and work v @HelenClarkUNDP #undplive
- tyranny of GDP > we have to look for other indexes, but first decide what we want to measure and what for v @TarjaHalonen #undplive
Speaking of tyranny of GDP, check out "Happiness – can we measure it, and then what?" bit.ly/K3zssA #undplive
@UNDPLive @HelenClarkUNDP #undplive triple win policy (economic, social & enviro) will demand more skillful case-managers #rioplus20
RT @HelenClarkUNDP: Here's the text of my #Kapuscinski Lecture @ University of Helsinki on #sustainabledevelopment #Rioplus20 @undp. http://on.undp.org/KfqKES
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