The two leading supporters of the ‘inclusive wealth’ metric, the UNEP and World Bank, can’t agree on how it should be measured.
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Professor of Business and Sustainable Development, University of Edinburgh
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Research Director CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, CSIRO
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Senior Fellow, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Distinguished Professor of Plant Biosecurity, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Research Associate of the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Theology and Religion, Department Practical Theology and Mission Studies, University of Pretoria
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Director of the Wildlife Crime Research Hub, Australian Research Council Industry Laureate Fellow, Adelaide University
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Associate professor in environmental policy and governance, The University of Queensland
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Canada Research Chair and Full Professor, Epidemiology and One Health, Université de Montréal
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Research Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
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Assistant professor, Michigan State University
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Professor, La Trobe University
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Lecturer, Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, University of Nairobi
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Phd Candidate, Natural Resource Sciences, Leadership for the Ecozoic Program, McGill University
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Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Senior lecturer at Sustainability transformations over time and space, Lund University