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Chapter 5

The document outlines 17 sustainable development goals of the United Nations aimed at eradicating poverty by 2030. It discusses concepts like de-development and reducing overconsumption in wealthy countries to more sustainable levels of 1.8 global hectares per person, compared to current rates of 8 hectares in Canada and 4.7 hectares in Europe. The document argues that rather than pushing poor countries to catch up economically, rich countries need to catch down their consumption to environmentally sustainable levels in order to avoid a climate crisis that could cause mass famine.

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Chapter 5

The document outlines 17 sustainable development goals of the United Nations aimed at eradicating poverty by 2030. It discusses concepts like de-development and reducing overconsumption in wealthy countries to more sustainable levels of 1.8 global hectares per person, compared to current rates of 8 hectares in Canada and 4.7 hectares in Europe. The document argues that rather than pushing poor countries to catch up economically, rich countries need to catch down their consumption to environmentally sustainable levels in order to avoid a climate crisis that could cause mass famine.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Critique human flourishing vis-à-vis the


progress of science and technology;

• Explain Hickel’s paradigm of “ de-


development”; and

• Differentiate it from the traditional


notions of growth and consumption.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SGDs)
1. NO POVERTY
2. ZERO HUNGER
3. GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
4. QUALITY EDUCATION
5. GENDER EQUALITY
6. CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
7. AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY
8. DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
9. INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRACTURE
10.REDUCED INEQUALITIES
11.SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
12.RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION
13.CLIMATE ACTION
14.LIFE BELOW WATER
15.LIFE ON LAND
16.PEACE AND JUSTICE STRONG INSTITUTIONS
17.PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS
The standardized unit that measure resources use and waist is
Global hectares.

The standard response to eradicating poverty is growth.

 The main objective of the sustainable development goals of the


United Nations is to eradicate poverty by 2030.

 The threshold of the Earth for adequately sustaining life is 1.9


hectares.

 Overconsumption. According to the majority of people in


middle-and high-income counties, it puts the planet and society
at risk.
1.8 global hectares should each of us consume annually based on the
resources available in the planet.
Life Expectancy and Happiness are the two indicators of the quality of
life given in the article.
The crisis in the planet that would forces us to slow down if we do not do
so voluntarily is the Climate Change.
According to Hickel, “catch-down” must be done instead of urging poor
countries to “catch-up” with rich ones.
Beneath all the hype, ‘Business’ is still what it is about.
Growth has been the main objective of development for 70 years.
Since 1980, the global economy has grown to 380%.
The number of people living in poverty on less that $5 a day has
increase by more than 1.1 billion.
We are overshooting our planet’s bio-capacity of more than 50% each
year.
The average person in Ghana or Guatemala consumes 1.8 global
hectares.
The average person in Canada consumes is 8 hectares.
Europeans consumes about 4.7 hectares.
Peter Edward argues that instead of pushing poor countries to “catch-
up” with rich ones, we should be thinking of ways to get rich countries to
“catch-down” to more appropriate levels of development.
US life Expectancy and GDP per capita is 79 years and $53,000.
GDP per capita and consumption of Cuba is $6,000 and 1.9 hectares.
Costa Rica manages to sustain of the highest happiness indicators and
life expecatancies ion the with a per capita income one-fourth of the US
($13,250)
People in middle and high-income counties believe overconsumption is
putting our plant and society at risk. A similar majority also believe we
should strive to buy and own less by 70%
Pundits promoting de-developing are using the wrong language
The idea of “ steady state” does not get the framing right.
True form of progress is QUALITY OVER QUANTITY.
Concept of ‘buen vivir’, or good living.
To reduce consumption: banning advertising, shorter working
week and basic income.
CONCLUSION:

If we do not act soon, all our hard-won gains against poverty will
evaporate, as food systems collapse and mass famine re-emerges to an
extent not seen since the 19th century. This is not about giving anything
up. And it’s certainly not about living of life of voluntary misery or
imposing harsh limits on human potential. On the contrary, it’s about
reaching higher level of understanding and consciousness about what
were doing here and why?

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