Transition énergétique ?

De menselijke ontwikkeling wordt teruggedraaid omdat ‘de wereld van crisis naar crisis slingert’. Dat blijkt uit het recentste Human Development Report van de Verenigde Naties. Miljoenen mensen dreigen steeds verder achterop te raken – en dat werkt extremisme en geweld in de hand.

We live in a world of worry. The ongoing Covid-19 pan­demic, having driven reversals in human development in almost every country, continues to spin off variants unpre­dictably. War in Ukraine and elsewhere has created more human suffering. Record-breaking temperatures, fires, storms and floods sound the alarm of planetary systems increasingly out of whack. Together, they are fuelling a cost-of-living crisis felt around the world, painting a pic­ture of uncertain times and unsettled lives.