Twitterchat: Helen Clark answers your questions on development
UN Development Chief Helen Clark sat down for a Twitterchat following the launch of the 2013 Human Development Report launch to answer your questions on development. Check out some of the best #HDRchat tweets below!
- Before we get started, here's some background information on the Human Development Report:
- As well as a short animation of the report:
- But let's get started with the chat!
.@UNDPLive Main focus of human #development is overall wellbeing & choice 2 live a life one values. #hdrchat
Where else is improvement for the index needed? What would you expect from researchers to strengthen the index? @helenclarkundp #hdrchat- .@cesarmachadojr Important to incorporate #sustainability in the way progress is measured, as proposed by #Rioplus20 outcome. #hdrchat
- Protecting the environment:
@HelenClarkUNDP #hdrchat do believe that people frm the #SouthPacific with climate change issues become environmental refugees?- .@4everPegasus If sea level rises from #climatechange drive people from atolls & coastlines, there will be environmental refugees. #hdrchat
- .@transparency_a1 Emphasis currently is on trying to get a global #climatechange agreement 2 stop the worst happening. #hdrchat
- Technology:
@HelenClarkUNDP @PacificUS_ Hi Helen, what kinds of projects/ideas/movements are working to alleviate/solve probs of distance? #hdrchat- .@soyawi @PacificUS_ Better connectivity will help link remote populations with international markets & opportunities. #hdrchat
- Fighting poverty:
@HelenClarkUNDP How should poverty be best addressed in the post-2015 agenda? #hdrchat
