Another generational one in a lifetime summit has drawn to a conclusion, the Rio + 20 ‘The Future We Want’ has come and gone – however, twenty years on since the original 1992 Rio Earth Summit, can we conlude that the world is today a better place?
The Guardian, in collaboration with Kiln, this week brings you brings you an interactive guide to help better inform you on the progress made towards global sustainable development over the course of the last 20 years.
Take a moment to click below and review for yourself the the evidence on a range of factors including population, life expectancy, child mortality, ecological footprint, poverty, hunger, food production, GDP, social change, life satisfaction, battle deaths and biodiversity.
Judge for yourself whether collectively we’re making the world a better place for all!
Rio+20 interactive: is the world getting better or worse? – DECIDE NOW!
Social Cohesion, Social Inequality and Social Participation in India
Protap Mukherjee on Social Cohesion, Social Inequality and Social Participation in India, at the Shared Societies International Workshop held in Maastricht(May 2012).
Protap Mukherjee is Research Associate at National Population Stabilisation Fund