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Why We Need Visions of a Sustainable and Desirable World

In: Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Insights from 45 global thought leaders

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  • Robert Costanza
  • Ida Kubiszewski

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Creating a shared vision of a sustainable and desirable future is the most critical task facing humanity today. This vision must be of a world that we all want, a world that provides permanent prosperity within the Earth's biophysical constraints in a fair and equitable way to all of humanity, to other species, and to future generations…

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  • Robert Costanza & Ida Kubiszewski, 2014. "Why We Need Visions of a Sustainable and Desirable World," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Robert Costanza & Ida Kubiszewski (ed.), Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Insights from 45 global thought leaders, chapter 1, pages 3-8, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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