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GDP Too Narrow

December 13, 2007

The Commission is to publish a policy paper next year on using a more environmental system than just GDP to measure a country’s wealth and well-being.

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The paper is expected to propose the use of indicators on air pollution in major cities, general air and water quality, and resource use. The Brussels-based NGO WWF says its own ‘ecological footprint indicator’ shows the EU currently consumes more than twice the amount of resources that its ecosystems can sustain.

This news story is taken from the December 2007 edition of T&E Bulletin.

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