Although the World GDP It has more than duplicate This century, billions of people still without access to basic services such as food, housing and medical care, and Environmental damage It has intensified ‘beyond the safe limits’.
This is noticed by a study Posted in Nature Magazine which shows to what extent the rich countries They have promoted most of the overdexanda while the poorest support most deprivations.
To do the study, Andrew FanningResearch and Data Analysis Leader in Doughnut Economics Action Lab (Deal) and Kate Raworthco -founder of Deal and professor at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom), collected data from 35 economic and ecological indicators between 2000 and 2022.
With them, they created a Annual global board (baptized Doughnut) that illustrates the social cast of the global wealth and the excess Ecological of this century.
After analyzing the data, the authors conclude that the progress In the fight against human deprivation It must be accelerated five times to meet the global objectives for 2030and that ecological damage must be reversed twice the current rhythm to guarantee a stable planet for the middle of the century.
He study In figures
The researchers They grouped 193 countries by him Gross national income average per capita (2000-2022) in three groups: the poorest 40 %, 40 % intermediate and the 20 % richer.
When analyzing the indicators, the authors found that the economic growth has far exceeded the advances in the Eradication of poverty: Between 2000 and 2022he World GDP more than duplicate, but reductions in the human deprivation They were modest.
“At Current ratesthe world is far from eliminating critical deficiencies in food, health, education and housing for 2030“They warn.
They also measured the Ecological overdexandawhich evaluates the per capita consumption In relation to Planetary limits adjusted for climate, food, fresh water and biodiversity and discovered that the 20 % richer contributes “disproportionately” to the Ecological overdexanda.
According to your analysis, to 2022 Humanity had already exceeded at least six of the nine Planetary limits and “repairing this damage – the authors appear – requires investing the course almost twice the current rate of excess“
Finally, they calculated the ‘social deficit‘, measured as the proportion of people who live below Minimum social standards in food, health, education, housing or energy, and observed that the 40 % poorer suffers most of the social deficit global.
Specifically, the report warns of ‘deep inequalities‘:
- He 20 % richer of countries (home of 15 % of people) are responsible for more than 40 % of excess ecological.
- He 40 % poorer (home of 4 2 % of people) suffers more than 60 % of global deprivation.
Reorient policies
He study It is urgent to go beyond GDP as a measure of success and reorient economies to create a “safe and fair” future in which social needs within the ecological limits From Earth.
To do this, the authors have created a Interactive website that visualizes the results of the study To support the Political responsible and professionals who aspire to achieve this objective and that will be updated every year to monitor the progress towards the achievement of the social and ecological objectives of humanity.
“Our analysis shows that, despite the rapid economic growth Global, humanity continues to leave billions of people in deprivation while leading the earth beyond its safe limits. The world is unbalanced: we urgently need economies designed to deliver both the human well -being Like planetary health, “says Fanning.
For Kate Raworth“follow the global trend of Doughnut reveals a shocking reality: the obsession to pursue a GDP growth Without end – especially in the richest countries – it is quickly leading to the world far from – and not towards – a prosperous future. It is time to focus on creating economies that are regenerative and distributive by design, because this will be the seal of the progress of the 21st century. ”
