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This chapter presents pillar one, an ecological prosperity, which provides the framework and boundary for all other pillars, establishing an explicitly defined space for an ecological and just prosperity into the future. Pillar one is based on empirically established ‘hard’ boundaries, based on a strong sustainability understanding of ecological stewardship and the human rights framing provided by the SDGs. In this chapter, we present our interpretation of Raworth’s Doughnut Economy for the Anthropocene, whereby the doughnut is reframed not as a space within which we should operate in accordance with ecological and social boundaries, but rather, as a space within which we must operate. Consequently, this is a finite space which needs urgent recognition in policy terms, and ongoing and long-term preservation, protection and regeneration.
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2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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And in the context of rapidly increasing cost of living pressures and the associated political significance of these.
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Morrissey, J., Heidkamp, C.P. (2022). An Ecological Prosperity (Pillar One). In: Demanding Sustainability. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18958-6_2
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