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| Inna Lebedeva,
London
Figures
20% of the world's population consumes 80% of the planet's resources
GEO4, UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) 2007
The world spends twelve times more on weapons than on aid to developing countries
SIPRI Yearbook, 2008 (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) OECD, 2008 (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
5,000 people are going hungry
FAO, 2008 (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Over 50% of grain traded around the world is used for animal feed or biofuls
Worldwatch Institute, 2007
40% of arable land is degraded
UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), ISRIC World Soil Information
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 rate
IUCN, 2008 (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
XVI International Union for Conservation of Nature)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/1999-08/XIBC-Wbbe-020899.php
75% of fisheries products are exhausted, depleted or in danger of being so
Source UN
http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=13755&Cr=FAO&Cr1/
The average temperature of the last 15 years has been the highest since records began
NASA GISS data
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/Fig.A.txt
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/Fig.A2.txt
The ice cap has lost 40% of its thickness in 40 years
NSIDC, Centre americain de donnees sur la neige et glace, 2004
There could be 200 million climate refugees by 2050
The Stern Review: the Economics of Climate Change
Part II, Chapter 3, page 77
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/Part_II_Introduction_group.pdf
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