Decent living standards for 8.5B would require 30% of current resource use
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452292924000493
#HackerNews #DecentLivingStandards #ResourceUse #Sustainability #FutureOfLiving #GlobalPopulation
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39728-3
#afluenza and the #builtenvironment: find that these #indicators to characterize #patterns of #builtstructures are about equally important for predicting #energydemand and #CO2 #emissions as #GDP and other conventional factors. The area of built-up land per capita is the most important predictor, second only to the effect of GDP.
#climatechange #ResourceUse #segregatedamerica #IPAT #equitywashing #raceandplace #philandocastile #climatejustice
Extent and spatial patterns of settlements and infrastructures strongly affect resource demand of national economies worldwide. Their influence on final energy and CO2 emissions is almost as large as that of gross domestic product (GDP).
Healing our #Environment means not just cutting carbon emissions, although it certainly means that. We also have to address #ResourceUse, #SpeciesExtinction, and #Pollution writ large. This will mean changing some of the ways we live, often for the better.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/24/us-electric-vehicles-lithium-consequences-research
East-West battleground will shift to metals
"The global trade war will shift from fossil fuels to metals and raw materials. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlighted the risk of relying on autocratic states for energy. Even if Europe’s gas crisis eases, Western manufacturers’ focus will switch to reducing China’s dominance in materials key to a cleaner economy."
#ResourceUse #Minerals #GreenTransition #RareEarth #Energy #politics #Europe
https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/east-west-battleground-will-shift-metals-2022-12-23/
The global trade war will shift from fossil fuels to metals and raw materials. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlighted the risk of relying on autocratic states for energy. Even if Europe’s gas crisis eases, Western manufacturers’ focus will switch to reducing China’s dominance in materials key to a cleaner economy.
We are running out of metals with current use-trend in the well-off part of the world.
"highest 20% of the population accounted for 60–75% of the world's total metal stock, while the lowest 20% accounted for only about 1%."
"analysis shows that the continued reduction of metal stock inequality through this growth-led pathway will put heavy pressure on the environment, with a 2-3-fold increase in global metal demand by mid-21st century."
#ResourceUse #Environment
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