Kota Kinabalu: Past overexploitation of Sabah’s forests for the enrichment of the political and business classes could have cost the extinction of Sabah rhinoceros, besides loss of other flora and fauna loss.

“What if we could get help to politicians to move away from the very short term of thinking about the GDP outcome, just get away from that short-termism and go to the long-term?” said Kate Raworth (inset), the co-founder of Doughnut Economics Action Lab and author of “Doughnut Economics – Seven Ways to Think like a 21st Century Economist”.

Renegade economist for sustainable development economics Kate, who lives in Oxford, England and is helping others to explore the new economic mindset needed to address the 21st century’s social and ecological challenges, was a speaker at a recent Hasanah Forum themed: “From Charity to Justice”.