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Mar 4, 2024 · Global natural resource consumption is forecast to rise 60% by 2060, compared with 2020 levels, according to the United Nations. Increasing demand for resources is due to urbanization, industrialization and a growing population, which is leading to severe consequences such as biodiversity loss, water stress, climate change and air pollution, it says.
The authors also note that "while violent events, such as global war or natural catastrophic events, are of immediate concern to everyone, a relatively slow consumption of the planetary resources may be not perceived as strongly as a mortal danger for the human civilization." [41]
Nov 13, 2024 · An analysis of the environmental footprints of consumption finds that planetary boundary transgressions can be mitigated by following an effective mitigation pathway focused on the food and ...
Apr 2, 2024 · Nations must build on these regenerative practices by eliminating environmentally harmful subsidies , and restricting trade that generates pollution and unsustainable consumption. Studies ( 66 ) indicate the global economy must achieve absolute decoupling (in which resource impacts decline in absolute terms) ( 67 ) if we are to eliminate “ecological overshoot” a ( 68 ).
Sep 25, 2024 · 2. Planetary boundary science. Planetary boundaries put limits on distortion of the Earth system to ensure that humanity can exist safely and will have the opportunity to continually develop and thrive for generations to come. Some thresholds defined in this framework draw on the science of tipping points and help highlight the key levers of ...
Apr 27, 2021 · The “three planetary crises” of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution are reinforcing each other and driving further damage to the environment and to our health, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Tuesday. Executive Director Inger Andersen told an online discussion that the “significant and pathbreaking” information ...
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Mar 30, 2021 · The nine planetary boundaries, counterclockwise from top: climate change, biosphere integrity (functional and genetic), land-system change, freshwater use, biogeochemical flows (nitrogen and ...
