20% of the world’s population consumes 80% of the planet’s resources.GEO4, UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) 2007.
The world spends 12 times more on weapons than on aid to developing countries. OECD, 2008 (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development).
5,000 people die everyday because of polluted drinking water. 1 billion humans have no access to safe drinking water! UNDP, 2006 (United Nations Development Programme).
1 billion people are going hungry. FAO, 2008 (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations).
75% of fisheries products are exhausted, depleted or are in danger of being so. UN (United Nations).
The average temperature of the last 15 years has been the highest since records began. NASA GISS data.
The ice cap has lost 40% of its thickness in 40 years. NSIDC, 2004.
There could be 200 million climate refugees by 2050. The Stern Review: The economics of climate change part II, chapter 3, page 77.
Over 50% of grain traded around the world is used for animal feed or biofuels. Worldwatch Institutue, 2007.
40% of arable land is degraded. UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme).
Every year, 13 million hectares of forest disappear. FAO, 2005.
1 mammal in 4, 1 bird in 8, 1 amphibian in 3 are threatened with extinction. Species are dying out 1,000 times faster than the natural state. IUCN, 2008 (International Union for Conservation of Nature).
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