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As in previous years, the United Nations organization UNDP has analyzed the economy, the level of education and medical care in all countries of the world when calculating human development in each country. But now the sustainability aspect has also been added in the form of countries’ carbon dioxide emissions and their footprints on the environment.
The reason for this is that the world, according to UNDP, is entering a new era in which all countries must include sustainability in their development calculations.
The list is reversed
“No country has so far reached a very high level of human development without exposing the planet to enormous pressure. We could be the first generation to correct this mistake,” UNDP chief Achim Steiner said in a press release.
The new method for calculating development has led to major changes to the list, called the Human Development Index. More than 50 countries have left the group of countries with a very high human development. Among them, there is the Luxembourg almost completely dependent on fossils, which occupies 131 places (from 21st place).
Australia is also falling dramatically, with up to 72 places (from eighth place). Norway, which has topped the list for several years, is also plummeting 15 places when climate is included. Sweden climbs a small hole to sixth place at the same time.
Big challenge
The new list aims to illustrate the challenge of tackling poverty and inequality while reducing emissions and the pressure on the planet’s climate. The index is included in the “Human Development Report” report, which is published for the 30th consecutive year.
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Since 1990, the UN development agency, UNDP, has produced an annual report on human development called the “Human Development Report.”
The report wants to provide a picture of developments in the world that is not only based on economic facts, but also includes, for example, the level of health care and education, and this year also carbon dioxide emissions and the footprint. countries environmental.
Since the measurements began, the number of countries considered to have a very high level of human development has increased, while the number of countries in the low human development category has decreased.
This is what this year’s list looks like if you use the traditional measurement method. The parentheses indicate how the location changes when the climatic aspect is included:
1. Norway (-15)
2. Ireland (+1)
2. Switzerland (0)
Hong Kong (emissions data not available)
4. Island (-26)
6. Germany (-1)
7. Sweden (+1)
8. Australia (-72)
8. Netherlands (-6)
10. Denmark (+5)
Source: United Nations Development Program UNDP
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