I wish that those with technical expertise about economic matters would direct much of their energy to finding how the economy could serve
sustainable human welfare.
Not exact matches
In order to show that increasing total production does not improve
human welfare, we have developed an Index of
Sustainable Economic
Welfare (ISEW) for the United States.
The Priority: the right to life for eight billion
human beings who will inhabit the world in 20 years or more from now and for a
sustainable global ecosystem; through a globalised
welfare system.
If we draw a broader picture of what is important to
human beings, the leveling off of
sustainable welfare in economic terms would be replaced by a definite decline in overall
human terms.
Daly and Cobb (1989, pp. 401 et seq) have devised an index of
sustainable economic
welfare (ISEW) as a measure of the well - being of
humans and the environment.
A more specific definition sees it as an umbrella term which covers a range of issues such as working conditions,
human rights, fair trade,
sustainable production, environmental considerations, and animal
welfare.
Our objectives are based on the
sustainable development of our tourist activities, handling processes environmentally responsibles and offering a
human experience of cultural interaction and respect to the nature, with qualified, competent and motivated personnel and a suitable infrastructure which generate a high quality service and a customized treatment oriented to generate the satisfaction of the different segments of our market needs, surpassing the expectations of our clients, diminishing the impact of the environment and contributing to improve the social
welfare of the locality».
The Paris Agreement, the UN's
sustainable development goals and the delivery of iNDCs marked a turning point towards shouldering climate responsibility and improving
human welfare.
This flyer stresses that the threats of climate change can have a negative effect on
human health and
welfare but at the same time can constitute an opportunity to leverage positive social transformations with a particular focus on the needs of the most vulnerable within a comprehensive
sustainable development framework.
This analytical report addresses the social dimensions of climate change from a
sustainable, equitable development perspective, understood as «an irreducible holistic concept where economic, social and environmental issues are interdependent dimensions that must be approached within a unifi ed framework», and where the overarching outcome is to fully promote
human welfare and equal access to life - sustaining resources.