Farmers harvest rice in a paddy field in Thailand’s southern province of Naratahiwat on February 18, 2021. (Photo by Madaree TOHLALA / AFP)

 

Sustainable development has been a feature of most global summits, including APEC. As the host economy this year, Thailand included the bio-circular-green economy on the agenda. What remains a concern for many people, however, is whether sustainable development schemes are inclusive enough and whether they consider different aspects of society.

 

Dr. Nuttavikhom Phanthuwongpakdee, the Deputy Director of the Centre for SDG Research and Support at Thammasat University, also known as “SDG Move”, hopes that the APEC Summit will consider sustainable development without leaving anyone behind.

 

“Obviously, economic growth is one of the main priorities for many countries, but how can you develop the economy without leaving anyone behind?”

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/hope-for-apec-on-sustainable-development-goals/

 

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14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Obviously, economic growth is one of the main priorities for many countries

Unregulated growth is like a growth of cancer for the planet .

No way economics can continue to grow as in the past without inflicting substantial damage to the ecosystems the people of this planet need to survive .

Only the transformation to sustainable energy concepts should produce more economic growth .

Need to get away from fossil fuels now . The damage done by the use of it is irreversible already . This era needs to end .

Going green opens a lot of new possibilities for sustainable economic growth  .

If this will not realize , the present era of the Anthropocene (the time in which the collective activities of human beings (Homo sapiens) began to substantially alter Earth's surface, atmosphere, oceans, ) will come to a disastrous end .

Edited November 19, 20223 yr by nobodysfriend