A Safe and Just Space for Humanity: Can we live within the doughnut?
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2012-02-13Subject
TradeKeywords
G20Natural resources
Resource scarcity
MDGs
Millenium Development Goals
Development methods
Food security
Livelihoods
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Oxfam InternationalDocument type
Discussion paperDescription
Humanity’s challenge in the 21st century is to eradicate poverty and achieve prosperity for all within the means of the planet’s limited natural resources. In the run-up to Rio+20, this discussion paper presents a visual framework – shaped like a doughnut – which brings planetary boundaries together with social boundaries, creating a safe and just space between the two, in which humanity can thrive. Moving into this space demands far greater equity – within and between countries – in the use of natural resources, and far greater efficiency in transforming those resources to meet human needs.