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2007/2008 Report
The latest global Report on the theme of climate change was launched on 27 November 2007.
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Human Development Report 2007/2008 campaign
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One planet, one chanceClimate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity at the start of the 21st Century. Failure to meet that challenge raises the spectre of unprecedented reversals in human development. The world's poorest countries and poorest people will bear the brunt. Read more |
Media Materials
2007/2008 Report - Climate change
- Complete report [12,296 KB]
- Summary (English) [893 KB]
- Errata [24 KB]
- Flyer (English) [542 KB]
Presskits
- 2007/2008 Report: Presskit (English) [689 KB]
- 2006 Report: Presskit (English) [3,001 KB]
- 2005 Report: Presskit (English) [658 KB]
- 2004 Report: Presskit (English) [2,195 KB]
- 2003 Report: Presskit (English) [1,163 KB]
- 2002 Report: Presskit (English) [1,055 KB]
- 2001 Report: Presskit [1,135 KB]
Latest News
Vietnam: Employing improved technology against typhoons, flooding
IRIN/ReliefWeb
19 August 2008
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Qatar moves to cut gas emissions
The Peninsula
19 August 2008
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Youth report on climate change looks for solutions
Media Global
17 August 2008
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UN chief stresses young people's role in combating climate change
China View
13 August 2008
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Graphs and Videos
Videos
- 2007/2008 Report: Launch video - Climate change and Human development
- [English] - [Français] - [Español] - [Português]
- 2006 Report: Launch video - Kibera-Sanitation [256K] - [56K]
- 2004 Report: Interview with Sakiko Fukuda-Parr [256K] - [medium] - [low]
- People First: The Human Development Reports [256k] - [medium] - [low]
Graphics
- HDR 2007/2008 Slides (English) [3,444 KB]
- HDR 2006 Slides (English) [1,803 KB]
- HDR 2005 Slides (English) [2,414 KB]
- HDR 2004 Slides (English) [850 KB]
Upcoming Events
One Planet, One Chance
UN General Assembly Lobby, New York
3 September to 6 October 2008
"One Planet, One Chance" is an exhibit on the topic of climate change, and is located in the lobby of the United Nations General Assembly. Part of the campaign surrounding the 2007/2008 Report, this exhibit presents startling facts and figures of climate change and allows visitors to visualize the different impacts that countries have on global CO2 emissions.
Human Development and Capability Association Annual Conference
New Delhi, India
10-13 September 2008
Organised by Institute for Human Development, New Delhi -
The Annual Conference of the Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA) sets out to explore the relationships between equality, inclusion and human development. Equality here is understood not only as equality in incomes and capabilities between and within social groups, women and men or individuals, but also in terms of possessing the basic capabilities to overcome wider socio-economic and political constraints. It includes perceptions of inequality as well as more objectively measured inequalities.
