"In the past 200,000 years, humans have upset the balance of planet Earth, a balance established by nearly four billion years of evolution. We must act now. It is too late to be a pessimist. The price is too high. Humanity has little time to reverse the trend and change its patterns of consumption"
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- 20 % OF THE PEOPLE ON EARTH CONSUME MORE THAN 80 % OF THE PLANET’S RESOURCES.
- WORLD MILITARY EXPENDITURE IS 12 TIMES HIGHER THAN AID TO DEVELOPMENT.
- 5,000 PERSONS A DAY DIE BECAUSE OF UNHEALTHY WATER. A BILLION PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO DRINKABLE WATER.
- A BILLION PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY.
- MORE THAN 50 % OF THE GRAIN SOLD IN THE WORLD IS DESTINED TO FEED LIVESTOCK AND FOR BIO-FUEL.
- 40 % OF CULTIVABLE LAND HAS DETERIORATED.
- EACH YEAR, 13 MILLIONS HECTARES OF FOREST DISAPPEAR.
- ONE MAMMAL IN 4, ONE BIRD IN 8, AND ONE AMPHIBIAN IN 3, IS THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION.
- SPECIES ARE BECOMING EXTINCT AT A RATE THAT IS 1,000 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE NATURAL RHYTHM.
- THREE QUARTERS OF THE FISHING RESOURCES ARE EXHAUSTED, IN DECLINE, OR ON THE VERGE OF BEING SO.
- THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IN THE LAST 15 YEARS HAVE BEEN THE HIGHEST EVER RECORDED.
- THE ICE FIELD HAS LOST 40 % OF ITS THICKNESS IN 40 YEARS.
- THERE COULD BE 200 MILLION CLIMATIC REFUGEES BEFORE 2050.
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