A Safe and Just Space for Humanity Can we live within the
doughnut? - 1.18 MB - 791.62 KB Humanity’s challenge in the 21st
century is to eradicate poverty and achieve a prosperity for all
within the means of the planet’s limited natural resources. In
the run-up to Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development, this Discussion Paper is an exploration of what
such a model of prosperity might look like. It presents a visual
framework – shaped like a doughnut – which brings the concept of
planetary boundaries together with the complementary concept of
social boundaries, creating a safe and just space between the
two, in which humanity can thrive. Moving into this safe and
just 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.
As interest in creating Sustainable Development Goals grows,
along with debates about reframing the Millennium Development
Goals post-2015, this fram