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Resilient People, Resilient Planet:
A future worth choosing

The report of the United Nations Secretary-General’s
High-level Panel on Global Sustainability

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Letter dated 30 January 2012 from the Co-Chairs of the High-level
Panel on Global Sustainability addressed to the Secretary-General
W e have the privilege to submit to you the report of the High -level Panel on
G lobal Sustainability, entitled “Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth
C hoosing”.
W e undertook this report during a period ofglobal volatility and uncertainty.
Economies are teetering. Inequality is growing. And global temperatures continue to
rise. We are testing the capacity of the planet to sustain us. Efforts to reach the
M illennium Development Goals and other social and economic targets are hampered
by both the inability to agree on decisive and coordinated action in national and
m ultilateral fora, and by unmetcommitments for financial support.
The signposts are clear: We need to change dramatically, beginning with how
w e think about our relationship to each other, to future generations, and to the
eco-systems that support us. Our mission as a Panel was to reflect on and formulate
a new vision for sustainable growth and prosperity, along with mechanisms for
achieving it.
W ith seven billion ofus now inhabiting our planet, it is time to reflect on our
current path. Today we stand at a crossroads. Continuing on the same path will put
people and our planet at greatly heightened risk. The other path, we believe,
provides extraordinary opportunity, but we must be committed and courageous in
following it. Changing course will not be easy. But over time, we believe that
following a moresust ainable path will enhance human well-being, further global
justice, strengthen gender equity, and preserve the Earth’s life-support systems for
future generations.
N early twenty years after the Rio Earth Summit, the challenge — and
opportunities — of sustainable development are more relevant than ever. Today we
see with increasing clarity that economic growth, environmental protection,and
social equity are one and the same agenda: the sustainable development agenda. We
cannot make lasting progress in one w ithout progress on all.
People are at the center of our vision of sustainable development. Our report
puts forth a series of core recommendations that, if implemented over time, will
help lift large swathes of humanity out of dehumanizing poverty; bolster resilience;...