Human footprint too big for nature
This little report from the WWF (here) might bring nations back to reality, with their policies of infinite growth, both economical and in terms of their population (the more the better).
WWF's 2006 Living Planet Report says that on current projections humanity will be using two planets' worth of natural resources by 2050 if those resources have not run out by then.
"We are in serious ecological overshoot, consuming resources faster than the Earth can replace them," WWF International's Director General James Leape said. "The consequences of this are predictable and dire."
The same way we have to realize that we will die one day, we have to understand that resources on Earth are finite!
Update Oct, 30th: And here is a report estimating the costs of doing noting (here). It says that doing nothing would cost around 7 trillions USD.
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WWF's 2006 Living Planet Report says that on current projections humanity will be using two planets' worth of natural resources by 2050 if those resources have not run out by then.
"We are in serious ecological overshoot, consuming resources faster than the Earth can replace them," WWF International's Director General James Leape said. "The consequences of this are predictable and dire."
The same way we have to realize that we will die one day, we have to understand that resources on Earth are finite!
Update Oct, 30th: And here is a report estimating the costs of doing noting (here). It says that doing nothing would cost around 7 trillions USD.
Posted in: _Sciences , _Society
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