Bono at TED: Eliminating poverty is possible by 2030
ONE co-founder Bono made the case that eliminating extreme poverty is possible by 2030 during his speech at the 2013 TED Conference in Long Beach, California, yesterday.
The 2005 TED Prize winner said that transparency, coupled with information technology, is helping to power the fight to the finish – and a new generation of fact-based activists, or “factivists,” could lead the way. Bono encouraged the audience of changemakers to fight apathy, cynicism and inertia and use evidence and statistics to map our path to the “zero zone.”
Extreme poverty has already been cut in half over the past 20 years – and by 2030, the number of people living in extreme poverty, those living on less than $1.25 a day, would be virtually zero. If we continue on the current trajectory of progress, we can truly make it possible.
“Why aren’t we jumping up and down about this? And 2028, 2030… that’s around the corner,” said Bono. “That’s only three Rolling Stones farewell tours away. Well, the opportunity is real, but so is the jeopardy. We can’t get this done until we really accept that we can get this done. Look at this graph. It’s called inertia… It’s how we screw it up. This one is really beautiful… it’s called Momentum.”
Bono wrapped up his speech with a call for citizens of the world to join ONE. “We in the ONE campaign would love you to be contagious, spread it, share it, pass it on,” he said. “By doing so, you will join us and countless others in what I truly believe is the greatest adventure ever taken. The ever-demanding journey of equality. Could we answer that clarion call of Nelson Mandela with science, reason, facts and dare I say it, emotion?”
Although his speech won’t be released to the public until later, here are some of our favorite stories and blog posts from Bono’s speech at TED so far:
Eradicating extreme poverty doesn’t have to be a dream – TED Blog
Bono: Extreme Poverty Set to Vanish by 2028 – Mashable
Where the Kids Have a Name – Charles Kenny, Center for Global Development
TED will release the video from Bono’s talk in the near future. We’ll update you when we know more and can share it with you.
Photo credit: TED
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02/03/2013 at 11:54 am
Parabens Bono vox ,por partir de uma estrela pop star, a preocupação com pobreza, mas te peço que não esqueça de mencionar a maldade que é feita com os animais na terra, pois como GANDHI diz “a grandeza de uma nação só sera reconhecida quando o homem respeitar os animais”, pois sou voluntario na ong CHICOTE NUNCA MAIS se ser humano aprender um pouco com animais com certeza a pobreza seria erradicada mais uma vez PARABENS A TODOS NESTA LUTA DO ONE que o sonho de igualdade se concretize AMEM.
07/03/2013 at 3:37 pm
My daughter in Year 12 Australia, has an important assignment on world poverty due. She chose Bono, and One as her main hypothesis on how world poverty and namely hunger can be solved through Bonos powerful magnetic influence on world leaders.
She has learnt so much, and is truly inspired by Bonos vision to change the world by 2030.
08/03/2013 at 6:08 pm
It’s so amazing that we in Zambia are able to access this site it is rarely helpful to us hear i am so happy, and thank you bono
16/03/2013 at 4:57 am
t is estimated that around 100.000 tribal children and adolescents from South Rajasthan are trafficked every year to cottonseed plots of Gujarat. Girl comprise a significant proportion. The children are trafficked through a network of labour contractor. commission agent, and transporters for three monyhs during July-Octomber to undertake cross pollination work. They face multiple exploitation at work sites – low wages,long work hours, unsafe working conditions including exposure to pesticides and snake bites that can lead to death, and sexual exploitation Magra Vikas Sansthan documented and brought this issue into public domain in the year 2007 . It undertook extensive community mobilization and promoted a workers’ organization that included the village based recruiters who would often recruit their own children at marginal commission. The mobilization was accompanied by enforcement measures and advocacy with the state organs. The sustained campaign led to recognition of the movement of children as trafficking by the state of Rajasthan that issued a protocol and constituted a Task Force to check trafficking. The initial gains however have been offset by powerful economic interests that benefit from child trafficking. the farmers have imposed an embargo on entry of outsiders in the cottonseed farms. The politically connected transport mafia launched a vicious attack on the workers’ union.The Government of Gujarat has turned a blind eye to trafficking under pressure of producers. There is now need to reinvigorate the campaign through a revised multi-pronged strategy incorporating lessons of past efforts in the region and elsewhere.
26/03/2013 at 3:30 pm
From what I read about charitable organizations, Bonos organization gives the least to poverty initiatives, about 10 cents for every dollar that it collects. He may be the most trusted African poverty advocate but his money goes more to administrative and other expenses.