Assumptions, Calculations and Thoughts
2-We’ve been wrecking nature and we just don’t care
https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/2024-living-planet-report
3-We’ve been wiping out Forests
https://ourworldindata.org/deforestation
4-We’ve polluted all the waters
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/rivers-lakes-under-mounting-pressure
https://www.eea.europa.eu/airs/2018/natural-capital/surface-waters
https://www.eea.europa.eu/airs/2018/natural-capital/surface-waters
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/water-pollution-everything-you-need-know
https://www.theecoexperts.co.uk/blog/the-most-polluted-bodies-of-water
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution_of_the_Ganges
5-Great Rivers don’t reach the sea
https://www.nature.com/articles/517530a
https://www.wri.org/insights/highest-water-stressed-countries
https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2023/goal-06/
https://ourworldindata.org/water-use-stress
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06879-8
https://pide.org.pk/research/water-crisis-in-pakistan-manifestation-causes-and-the-way-forward/
6-We’ve polluted the skies
https://www.who.int/health-topics/air-pollution
https://ourworldindata.org/air-pollution
https://www.iqair.com/au/world-air-quality
7-We need to make a Turning Point in History
https://nhd.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/NHD-2024-Theme-Book-FINAL-UPDATED-web.pdf
https://memorycherish.com/world-changing-moments/
https://dunyanews.tv/en/Technology/358305-12-turning-points-in-history-that-changed-world-fo
https://prezi.com/houoqmfadlll/top-10-turning-points-in-world-history/
8-Where we think about preserving nature,
the way we think about preserving our right to be free
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years
10-We’ve killed half the world’s wild animals
11-We’ve wiped out species for Cheeseburgers
https://ourworldindata.org/global-land-for-agriculture
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-meat-consumption-by-type-kilograms-per-year
13-Is our plan to destroy the great forests and grasslands?
https://ourworldindata.org/deforestation
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41147953
https://ourworldindata.org/land-use
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.FRST.ZS
https://research.wri.org/gfr/global-tree-cover-loss-data-2021
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19493-3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiga
https://research.wri.org/gfr/global-tree-cover-loss-data-2021
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/boreal-forest
14-Nothing we can do, we say, every year our need for food expands
https://ourworldindata.org/agricultural-production
https://ourworldindata.org/meat-production
https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/24649fa9-93f9-4120-8ec4-0d2b960d90ca
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06879-8
https://ourworldindata.org/food-ghg-emissions
15-We need to recognize that our natural environment is dying
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2021.626635/full
https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/2020/12/sgspeech-the-state-of-planet.pdf
16-We act like we care but we aren’t really trying
https://ourworldindata.org/greenhouse-gas-emissions
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.GHGT.KT.CE
https://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol
17-The signs are all there for anyone to see
https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/2024-living-planet-report
https://www.eea.europa.eu/articles/healthy-environment-is-a-must
https://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/rule-of-law-and-development/
https://knowledge.insead.edu/leadership-organisations/fighting-against-dictatorship
https://www.britannica.com/topic/dictatorship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Index
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/literacy-rate-by-country
http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/
https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/wb_ruleoflaw/
18-The economy is slipping and the world is less free
https://www.worldbank.org/en/research/commodity-markets#1
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD
http://www.juliansimon.com/writings/Ultimate_Resource/TINTRO.txt
https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/2023-12/human-freedom-index-2023-full-revised.pdf
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world
19-Amazon Rainforest Deforestation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_of_the_Amazon_rainforest
http://cbhsyear5geography.weebly.com/deforestation-of-the-amazon-rainforest.html
https://ourworldindata.org/deforestation
20-Okay Mr Smarty Pants, I’ll give you a chance
https://www.undp.org/nature/our-work-areas/biodiversity-conservation
21-If you know so much, ….What are the solutions?
https://wwf.org.au/what-we-do/oceans/overfishing/
https://www.fao.org/publications/sofia/2022/en/
https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/24649fa9-93f9-4120-8ec4-0d2b960d90ca
22-Anybody can list the cancers, ….we need answers
https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/climate-issues/ocean
23 – How can we get rid of these pollutions?
https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/2024-living-planet-report
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1474706510001312
https://www.iied.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/migrate/G00517.pdf
24 – I’ll give you answers, I’ll give you Dancers and Prancers
https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2021-04/key_note_speech_n._stern.pdf
https://www.voronoiapp.com/energy/China-Is-The-World-Leader-in-Wind-Energy–1825
https://ourworldindata.org/fertility-rate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN
26-We can make a great start with just half a percent of GDP
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/public-goods
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/public-goods
27-That’s pocket change to rich people like us.
https://www.statista.com/chart/20384/eating-out-as-a-share-of-total-household-expenditure/
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS?locations=OE-1W
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php
28-Modern capitalism doesn’t like to account for externalities
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Externality
https://www.thelighthousepress.com/dltolleson.com/commentary/miltonfriedman.php
29 – We could learn from the past and start the repairs