The United States is pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement. This sets a destructive example. It is especially destructive for the United States because climate action is not just a noble deed for humanity. It is economically necessary and...
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Ponzi (or pyramid) schemes are scams in which you rob Peter to pay Paul. But no individual has been greater at implementing a Ponzi scheme than Bernie Madoff: his scheme vaporized $65 billion of client money. He relied on a...
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There is only one Earth, but humans are consuming biological resources as if there were more Earths available. Last year, Global Footprint Network marked ‘Earth Overshoot Day’ on 1st August; humanity had used our budget of resources for the year...
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People in Europe are snatching more than their fair share of the world’s resources, a report says today. It says Europeans emit too much carbon, eat too much food, use large amounts of timber and occupy too much built space....
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Der Schweizer Wissenschaftler Mathis Wackernagel erfand den „ökologischen Fußabdruck“ und gilt als einer der globalen Vordenker im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit. Der Präsident des Global Footprint Network geht mit Österreich hart ins Gericht: Der Ausbau des Wiener Flughafens sei ein totaler Rückschritt...
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E’ possibile un consumo di cibo più giusto e sostenibile? Andiamo a Milano al Food Economy Summit e scopriamo questo New Deal dell’alimentazione tra produzione, filiere e tecnologie. Intervista con Dr. Alessandro Galli, direttore del programma mediterraneo a Global Footprint...
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O conceito de pegada ecológica é quase sempre colado à emissão de dióxido de carbono com origem nos transportes. E ainda que esta seja a segunda componente mais relevante, a alimentação é a principal alavanca das pegadas excessivas de seis...
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Letno Zemljani porabimo za 1,7 planeta naravnih virov, če bi vsi živeli kot Slovenci, pa bi potrebovali kar tri planete, zato ministrstvo za okolje predvideva zmanjšanje okoljskega odtisa za 20 odstotkov do leta 2030. Razvite družbe se v zadnjih letih...
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The world spent its entire natural resources budget for 2018 by 1 August – consuming a whole year’s quota of reserves in just seven months Our demand for natural resources such as food, forestry and marine products as well as...
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