Meeting Fundamental Human Needs Key to Cutting Carbon (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Meeting Fundamental Human Needs Key to Cutting Carbon

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The Chilean economist Manfred Max-Neef proposed an alternative way of looking at progress by proposing society use the fulfilment of human needs as a measure of progress instead of economic growth or GDP.

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Gibran Vita, NTNU

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