The UN Statistical Commission ended earlier this month, but the conversations remain essential as we move toward #HLPF.
#AI readiness, #SDG data gaps, funding shocks, and #BeyondGDP were all on the table
We have broken down what mattered most at #UN57SC:
https://medium.com/p/6110dde9bd39
Rights vs. GDP per capita from @socprogress.bsky.social
#BeyondGDP
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Congratulations to #Greece on Independence Day. A social progress superstar that punches above its weight on quality of life. But the cost of housing remains a big problem.
All data from @socprogress.bsky.social here:
www.socialprogress.org/social-progr...
#BeyondGDP
Golden background with pink swirly text saying: “YOUNG PEOPLE MUST BE CO-ARCHITECTS OF THE FUTURE, NOT OBSERVERS”
Same background with text: The UN is running an initiative called ‘Beyond GDP’ to develop indicators that include social and environmental wellbeing. A joint project by Rethinking Economics International, Beyond Lab & UN Trade & Development has brought intergenerational perspective to the process
Same background, text: At a recent Beyond GDP forum it was clear that intergenerational exchange was vital to the process The quote on the first slide, from Nathalie Delorme, of Beyond Lab, shows how central youth contributions have been to the process. There is a photo of Natalie in bottom corner.
Same background, text: Because a metric including social & environmental wellbeing must ensure that of future generations. By shaping, not just participating, in the process the youth project has allowed young people to become ‘co-architects’ of the process. Photo beside of some rethinkers.
The UN is running a process to move #BeyondGDP - to include wellbeing in our metrics.
Through the Youth Moving Beyond GDP initiative young people have been co-architects of this process 🔥
Read more about the role they've played on our blog: rethinkeconomics.org/blog/2026/03...
Wir haben gemeinsam mit dem @eeb.org eine neue Broschüre zu #WellbeingEconomy und #BeyondGDP veröffentlicht!
➡️Schaut rein: www.umweltdachverband.at/assets/Umwel...
Die Broschüre ist mit Unterstützung des #BMLUK entstanden.
#Kreislaufwirtschaft #Umweltdachverband
UN others working on #BeyondGDP we need to account for the Gross Domestic Damage GDD
Excellent #GRANULAR Knowledge Transfer Accelerator Bootcamp today, exploring how we measure and monitor rural development in the EU. I got an opportunity to preach
#BeyondGDP policymaking, and why we should always be using sustainable & inclusive wellbeing indicators to measure what matters 🌍
#UN Secretary General and others advancing #BeyondGDP for more accurate econ human eco impact accounting . I call it the Gross Domestic Damage GDD @unsgsa.bsky.social
Exciting to be part of the panel on "Feminist Perspectives on #BeyondGDP in Asia" organized by Oxfam in Asia, with Naila Kabeer, Myrah Butt, April Pham, Tripiti Rai, Mariam Moussa. The interest in this panel has been great. Here are key take-aways from the discussion (more to come!). #degrowth
A woman stands and helps her daughter wash vegetables in a sink. Text overlaid reads, "New report. How countries strive to move beyond GDP and capture the value of invisible work."
GDP misses a lot—including unpaid work usually done by women. 💪🚺
As the UN and Member States work to agree on metrics to go #beyondGDP and better report how countries are faring, work in the #careeconomy must be included
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4lpq71H
Areas of discussion in the Q&A:
- A report on the methodology deriving these indicators potentially to be published.
- Does #BeyondGDP include GDP?
Here is a resource investigating and promoting further thinking on #WellbeingEconomics
#BeyondGDP
Wellbeing Economy Alliance - WEAll
@WEAll_Alliance
weall.org/what-is-well...
#AI was the defining theme at the 57th UN Statistical Commission.
But the biggest takeaway was broader: how official statistics must adapt to AI, funding shocks, new data sources, and a growing push for #BeyondGDP measurement.
https://ow.ly/vja550YrBLn
#UN57SC
GDP was never designed to measure well-being or sustainability.
IISD’s latest #BeyondGDP Update tracks what’s emerging next: a UN-backed indicator dashboard, guidance on data priorities, and a push for real uptake by governments.
https://ow.ly/jczi50YpBwt
Can one question change everything? 🤔 In 2014, a Brazilian nonprofit, Iamazon, asked one question and it sparked a movement now active on every continent. Melissa Wilm from IPS Brasil breaks down what's happened since.
🎙️ Full episode on your favorite platform or at youtu.be/OW2bOA84jyI
#BeyondGDP
If we wouldn’t measure our health using just one indicator, why do we measure economic success that way? — @timjackson.org.uk on BBC Sunday Morning Live
cc #BeyondGDP #PlanetaryBoundaries #PostGrowth #Degrowth #ProsperityAshealth #WellbeingEconomy #DoughnutEconomics
7th #BeWell2026✨
We were delighted to host the Berlin Network for Research on Well-Being at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg for 2 days of inspiring exchange on happiness & well-being research.
Highlight: the panel on “The Future of Well-Being Research.”
#BeWell #BeyondGDP #IAMO
Does economic growth harm the planet? | BBC Sunday Morning Live debate with @timjackson.org.uk, Daze Aghaji and Andy Mayer → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/...
cc #BeyondGDP #PlanetaryBoundaries #PostGrowth #Degrowth #ProsperityAshealth #WellbeingEconomy #DoughnutEconomics @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social
In this month's @zoe-institute.bsky.social newsletter I reflected on European unity (or lack thereof) as leaders try and make progress on improving #competitiveness, as well as the recent calls by UN Secretary General Guterres to go #beyondGDP.
zoe-institut.de/en/news/futu...
What is causing the loneliness epidemic? New #BeyondGDP podcast with Kim Samuel of the @belongingforum.bsky.social
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@socprogress.bsky.social
Why does progress so often trigger backlash? @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social explains that when movements challenge systems of domination, regression can be a reaction, not the whole story.
🎧 Listen to the full Beyond GDP: The Social Progress Podcast episode at youtu.be/0DWTU8yqAqM
#BeyondGDP
What shapes our first understanding of power? @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social explains why childhood and family relationships teach us what authority and care look like, shaping society long before politics enters the picture.
🎧 Listen to the full conversation: youtu.be/0DWTU8yqAqM
#BeyondGDP
The new season of the #BeyondGDP podcast has launched. Episode one features the amazing Riane Eisler, author of 'The Chalice and the Blade':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DWT...
@socprogress.bsky.social
UN working to implement #BeyondGDP . We need to talk about the gross domestic damage GDD to humans ,the env our life support systems LSS and ecocide. @stopecocide.bsky.social
🔍 Can the world’s wealthiest actually solve global problems?
Explore the promise and perils of philanthrocapitalism and discover alternative paths toward real change in our blog post & podcast recap. 👇
tinyurl.com/Philanthroca...
#Philanthropy #SocialImpact #BeyondGDP
We need a new definition of wealth.One that values:
· Ecological integrity
· Community health
· Long-term resilience
· Intergenerational justice
Fighting climate change is, at its core, a fight against this arrogant, short-sighted logic.
#ClimateEconomics #BeyondGDP
🎧 New #QualityOfLife Matters episode: Rethinking Success Beyond GDP with @kelseyoc.bsky.social
Host Roger Fernandez-Urbano speaks with Kelsey J. O’Connor (STATEC Research) on why progress must go beyond GDP—toward well-being, trust, and hope.
📺 youtu.be/bEA1erXdViA
#WellBeing #BeyondGDP
1/10 🇺🇳 ⚠️ UN CHIEF: GDP OBSESSION DRIVING PLANETARY DISASTER ⚠️ 🇺🇳
"When we destroy a forest, we are creating GDP."
António Guterres demands a radical economic overhaul to stop rewarding pollution.
Matthew Taylor reports.
#ClimateSky #WorldPolitics #BeyondGDP #Environment #CdnPoli #AbPoli #UN
