Economic growth vs environmental conservation
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Economy vs environment
Balancing economic growth and environmental sustainability
Several of the Sustainable Development Goals relate to growth. Decent work and economic growth (Goal 8) sits alongside industry, innovation and infrastructure (Goal 9). There are also goals for sustainable cities and communities (Goal 11) and responsible consumption and production (Goal 12). On the environmental side, there are goals for clean water and sanitation (Goal 6), affordable and clean energy (Goal 7), climate action (Goal 13), life below water (Goal 14) and life on land (Goal 15).
Progressia’s natural environment provides most of its population with food. It also provides the resources needed to produce goods and services, and absorbs and processes industry’s unwanted by-products in the form of pollution and waste. At the same time, it is adequate national income that provides the resources to support improvement in people’s lives, socially and economically.
Despite declarations that this is the age of sustainable development, there is a widespread view that economic development and environmental sustainability are incompatible.
The following four scenarios are possible development pathways along which Progressia could advance. Explore the possible outcomes in 2030 below.
Scenario 1 (Good and Good outcomes)
Economic and environmental development outcomes are reconcilable and can be sustained.
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Scenario 2 (Good and Bad outcomes)
Economic and environmental development outcomes present conflicting outcomes.
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Scenario 3 (Bad and Good outcomes)
Sustainable economic and environmental development outcomes are difficult to reconcile.
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Scenario 4 (Bad and Bad outcomes)
Economic and environmental development outcomes are simply irreconcilable