Modern society looks unworkable

• Autores: Andy Coghlan
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3164, 2018, pág. 10
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • No countries manage to live well. Of 151 nations that have just been rated, not one achieves the Goldilocks feat of doing it just right: creating a good life for its inhabitants without overusing natural resources. Unsurprisingly, the worst plunderers of nature are rich nations. Countries like the US offer their citizens good lives, but break environmental limits. Meanwhile, poorer countries like Vietnam overuse fewer resources, but don't meet all the well-being targets for their people. An ideal country would score zero for resource overshoot and ii for citizen well-being: everyone's needs would be met and no natural resources destroyed. Rich countries like the US, UK and Australia overshoot their limits to feed their lifestyles.