The Age of Sustainable Development

1 About this book

Jeffrey D. Sachs is one of the world's most perceptive and original analysts of global development. In this major new work he presents a compelling and practical framework for how global citizens can use a holistic way forward to address the seemingly intractable worldwide problems of persistent extreme poverty, environmental degradation, and political-economic injustice: sustainable development.

Sachs offers readers, students, activists, environmentalists, and policy makers the tools, metrics, and practical pathways they need to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. Far more than a rhetorical exercise, this book is designed to inform, inspire, and spur action.

Good for readers who want: climate change and a long read.

• Environmental aspects
• Economic development
• Economic development, environmental aspects
• Climatic changes
• Sustainable development
• Social change
• Biodiversity