UN calls for sustainable measure of GDP - reneweconomy.com.au : Renew Economy - 0 views
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Vicki Perrett on 04 May 12"A new report released by the United Nations calls on world governments to change the way they do business, end fossil fuel subsidies and factor in social and environmental costs into the measurement of economic activity. It notes that the standard method of calculating economic growth through measures such as GDP ignores the impacts on the planet and food and water resources."