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Title Human development report 2020 : the next frontier : human development and the Anthropocene.

Pub Info New York, NY : United Nations Development Programme, [2020]
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Table of Contents
 Forewordiii
 Acknowledgementsiv
 Special contribution---Human development and Mahbub ul Haqxi
 Overview1
pt. I Renewing human development for the Anthropocene15
ch. 1 Charting human development in the Anthropocene19
 Confronting a new reality: People versus trees?22
 Reimagining the human development journey: Bringing the planet back in25
 Leveraging the human development approach for transformation: Beyond needs, beyond sustaining38
ch. 2 Unprecedented---the scope, scale and speed of human pressures on the planet45
 Looking beneath the environment and sustainability: Human activity driving dangerous planetary change47
 Enter the Anthropocene47
 Anthropocene risks and human development56
 Planetary change is disempowering63
ch. 3 Empowering people for equity, innovation and stewardship of nature69
 Enhancing equity to advance social justice and broaden choices72
 Pursuing innovation to widen opportunities79
 Instilling a sense of stewardship of nature88
pt. II Acting for change127
ch. 4 Empowering people, unleashing transformation131
 From theory to change133
 From learning to value formation134
 From values to self-reinforcing social norms144
 From existential risks to transformation151
ch. 5 Shaping incentives to navigate the future157
 Harnessing finance to incentivize transformation160
 Shifting prices, changing minds167
 Enhancing international and multiactor collective action173
ch. 6 Building nature-based human development183
 When local becomes global185
 Avoiding biosphere integrity loss, empowering people187
 Towards nature-based human development195
pt. III Measuring human development and the Anthropocene221
ch. 7 Towards a new generation of human development metrics for the Anthropocene225
 One index to rule them all?227
 Broadening the vista on the Human Development Index: The income component and planetary pressures229
 Adjusting the Human Development Index as a whole233
 Notes268
 References291
Call no. 304.2 HUMA
Phys. Description xi, 396 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm
Content Type text
Format Type volume
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-332).
Subject Human ecology.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Alt Author United Nations Development Programme.
Alt Title Next frontier : human development and the Anthropocene
ISBN 9789211264425 (pbk.)
9211264421 (pbk.)