How do we establish social cohesion while overcoming global inequity?
Moving toward sustainability requires a perspective of global social interdependence in order to foster global equity balanced with local social cohesion. The elements subsumed under this include risk management, disaster prevention, a balanced allocation of public and private goods, the increase of adaptive capacities at all levels, the connection of the movement of labor with social welfare and security, the design of sustainable development pathways, the reconsideration of economic models for sufficiency, the re-design of the institutional framework of the flows of finance and goods, and the emergence of global ethics and values towards social cohesion and global equity. DAY 3 – How do we deal with limitations of resources and ecosystem services? Improving quality of life still means increasing resource consumption. Production patterns focus on increasing production and efficiency gains, but not on sustainability. Efficiency gains often are counteracted by rebound effects, and are l
