Description
This session will focus on the Forthcoming HDR of the UNDP that discusses present day uncertainty in the context of Anthropocene and growing inequalities. Navigating to a stable, preferred future in the Anthropocene calls for transformational change, inherent in which are multiple and overlayed dislocations. Disadvantaged groups face a double whammy of disempowerment – first, as uncertainty diminishes individual choices and second, as social fault lines, themselves exacerbated by uncertainty, reduce agency further. Together, inequalities and uncertainty unsettle lives, impeding people’s ability to do and be what they value and have reason to value – the expansion of which is central to human development.
The discussion will inform the process of developing the report and ensure that it speaks to key human development issues for people and policymakers in the Asia-Pacific region.
