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I am an environment and nature enthusiast with 10+ years of experience in the international arena. A former diplomat at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations Office in Geneva, I also obtained a MA with a focus on Environment, Resources and Sustainability from the Graduate Institute in Geneva and have later worked for the World Meteorological Organization.
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of The Month
Factfulness / Hans Rosling
Great read, would definitely recommend it. Lots of useful data and moving stories. "Bad things are going on in the world, but many things are also getting better. (…) When we have a fact-based worldview, we can see that the world is not as bad as it seems - and we can see what we have to do to keep making it better.”
This is a book about hope. Always be hopeful. This is a book about progress. Real progress is possible. This is a book about facts. Use facts to make well-informed opinions and decisions. It is about how difficult your instincts (10 of them) can make it to get the facts right and how to fight these instincts to get a fact-based worldview.
Three great examples of this (and many more in the book):
- In 1800, 85% of world population was living in extreme poverty. In 2017, only 9% was living in extreme poverty.
- In 1800, life expectancy was roughly 30 years everywhere in the world. In 2017, it is 72 years.
- In the third century BC the world’s first nature reserve was created in Sri Lanka. By 1900, 0,03% of the Earth’s land surface was protected. By 1930, it was 0,2%. Today, it is 15% and still climbing.