Countries that rank highly on the Happy Planet Index show us that it is possible to live long, happy lives with a much smaller ecological footprint than found in the highest-consuming nations. And many nations achieve green lights in the individual components of the Happy Planet Index – meaning that these targets are genuinely attainable.
Only a third of nations (representing 38% of the global population) consume within environmental limits.
No country meets all three goals for life expectancy, wellbeing, and ecological footprint.
With the crises we collectively face, we now have to push further and faster towards creating shared wellbeing for people and the planet.
To do that, we need to rethink how our global economic system is designed.
The good news is that we designed the current economic system – so we can also design it.
- Christiana Figueres
A 'Wellbeing Economy' is one that is designed solely to deliver shared wellbeing for people and the planet. We would only pursue "growth" in those areas of the economy that contribute to collective wellbeing - and shrink those areas of the economy that damage it.
But the Happy Planet Index offers clues of where countries can get started on this journey – addressing their own specific challenges and building on their existing successes.
- John Scharr
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