State of the World 2012
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In the 2012 edition of its flagship report, Worldwatch celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit with a far-reaching analysis of progress toward building sustainable economies. Written in clear language with easy-to-read charts, State of the World 2012 offers a new perspective on what changes and policies will be necessary to make sustainability a permanent feature of the world's economies. The Worldwatch Institute has been named one of the top three environmental think tanks in the world by the University of Pennsylvania's Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program.
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Acknowledgments
Foreword
Luis A. Ubiñas, President, Ford Foundation
Preface
Robert Engelman, President, Worldwatch Institute
State of the World: A Year in Review
Matt Richmond
1. Making the Green Economy Work for Everybody
Michael Renner
2. The Path to Degrowth in Overdeveloped Countries
Erik Assadourian
3. Planning for Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Development
Eric S. Belsky
4. Moving Toward Sustainable Transport
Michael Replogle and Colin Hughes
5. Information and Communications Technologies Creating Livable, Equitable, Sustainable Cities
Diana Lind
6. Measuring U.S. Sustainable Urban Development
Eugenie L. Birch and Amy Lynch
7. Reinventing the Corporation
Allen L. White and Monica Baraldi
8. A New Global Architecture for Sustainability Governance
Maria Ivanova
POLICY TOOLBOX
9. Nine Population Strategies to Stop Short of 9 Billion
Robert Engelman
10. From Light Green to Sustainable Buildings
Kaarin Taipale
11. Public Policies on More-Sustainable Consumption
Helio Mattar
12. Mobilizing the Business Community in Brazil and Beyond
Jorge Abrahão, Paulo Itacarambi, and Henrique Lian
13. Growing a Sustainable Future
Monique Mikhail
14. Food Security and Equity in a Climate-Constrained World
Mia MacDonald
15 Biodiversity: Combating the Sixth Mass Extinction
Bo Normander
16. Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Prosperity
Ida Kubiszewski and Robert Costanza
17. Getting Local Government Right
Joseph Foti
Notes
Index.
