Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries monitors a world out of balance

This article from Kate Raworth can help you to better understand the scale and scope of action required for humanity to eliminate social inequity and environmental decline this century. It unveils a renewed and strengthened Doughnut framework that features a revised set of 21 dimensions measured by 35 indicators of social deprivation and ecological overshoot over the 2000–2022 period. The article finds that while global gross domestic product has more than doubled in that span, median results show only a modest achievement in reducing human deprivation - one that must accelerate fivefold to meet the needs of all people by 2030. Meanwhile, the increase in ecological overshoot would have to stop immediately and accelerate nearly two times faster towards planetary boundaries to safeguard Earth-system stability by 2050. The report also demonstrates that the richest nations disproportionately contribute to annual ecological overshoot relative to their populations, whereas the poorest countries disproportionately experience social shortfalls. These trends and inequalities reaffirm the case for overcoming the dependence of nations on perpetual GDP growth and reorienting towards regenerative and distributive economic activity - within and between nations - that assigns priority to human needs and planetary integrity. The article provides additional insights and analysis of 21st century trends, and explores critical transformations that are essential to redefining and reorienting progress.