Assumptions, Calculations and Thoughts
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1-Collecting sewage would be good, it’s technology that is well understood
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/rivers-lakes-under-mounting-pressure
2-Clean drinking water would help us out, very important in case of a drought
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/drinking-water
https://www.who.int/health-topics/drought
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/36248/Groundswell%20Part%20II.pdf
https://www.unccd.int/sites/default/files/2022-06/Drought
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1716-z
3-We can collect 500 million people’s waste
https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2023/goal-11
https://www.volvotrucks.com.au/en-au/trucks/electric/volvo-fe-electric.html
4-That leads to healthier rivers and a reduction in disease
https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/resource-efficiency/what-we-do/cities/solid-waste-management
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466021/
5-Electric Buses help clean the air, electric buses hardly ever need repair
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bus
6-Of course, that’s only one part,
https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/refugees
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/immigration-enforcement-spending-rising
7-We also need policy changes at the start
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.GHG.ALL.PC.CE.AR5
https://defenders.org/blog/2020/03/we-were-wrong-about-wolves-heres-why
https://www.yellowstonepark.com/things-to-do/wildlife
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/aug/11/comment.politics
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/immigration-trump-public-charge-rule
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/opinion/immigration-republicans-economy.html
8-Rich nations need to show the world, our destructive days are gone
9-Tax fossil fuels, tax pollution
https://www.thelighthousepress.com/dltolleson.com/commentary/miltonfriedman.php
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2019/06/what-is-carbon-taxation-basics
10-Don’t let polluters escape prosecution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill
https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/environmental-enforcement-and-compliance-significant-cases
11-Lake Chad
https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/waterforlifevoices/cases_fao_lake_chad.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Chad
12-We don’t need to put profits first, to make our world the best place ever
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy%27s_remarks_at_the_University_of_Kansas
Link to www.epi.org/publication/inequality-2021-ssa-data/ is in slide 7
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gdp-is-the-wrong-tool-for-measuring-what-matters/
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/12/lobbying-10-ways-corprations-influence-government
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/09/09/issues-and-the-2024-election/
https://www.ipsos.com/en-au/issuesmonitor
https://www.ipsos.com/en/global-happiness-survey-march-2022
https://ourworldindata.org/happiness-and-life-satisfaction
13- Focusing on Freedom, Fun and Health, would be way more clever
https://www.innercollective.com.au/post/the-mental-health-benefits-of-having-fun
https://www.hcf.com.au/health-agenda/work-life/play/have-fun
https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/major-themes/health-and-well-being
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo
14-We can enjoy steak dinners and luxury lifestyles
https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaq0216
https://www.farmbrite.com/post/how-many-cows-can-i-keep-per-acre
15-And we will still have plenty left over, to protect alligators and crocodiles
https://www.ifaw.org/au/journal/animals-most-affected-poaching
https://www.oneearth.org/africas-wildlife-rangers-are-racing-for-help-to-protect-biodiversity/
16-We have the knowledge and we have the wealth
https://databank.worldbank.org/reports.aspx?source=2&series=SE.TER.CUAT.BA.MA.ZS
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-the-population-with-completed-tertiary-education
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/world-ranking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Index
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-top-countries-by-wealth-per-person/
17-But we don’t have much time to renew nature’s health
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320719301934
https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/living-planet-report-2020
https://population.un.org/wpp/
https://ourworldindata.org/deforestation
https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2023/goal-11/
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/10/these-are-the-worlds-five-biggest-slums/
https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics
https://www.un.org/en/observances/slavery-abolition-day
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8530531/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06970-0
18 – We don’t need silver bullets or amazing new inventions
19-We just need to work together and start to ease our old tensions
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/out-the-darkness/201801/the-psychology-racism
https://www.crsp.pitt.edu/op-ed-racism-across-world-tribalism-africa
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/012215/how-corruption-affects-emerging-economies.asp
20-Good, smart people, in rich and poor countries, are trying their best
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_river_dolphin
https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php
21-But we will need millions more, if nature’s problems are going to be addressed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos
https://www.dawn.com/news/1744391
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1899358/Orangi-town-largest-slum-Pakistan
Link to migrazioniontheroad.largemovements.it/petare-venezuela-slum is in slide 17
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo
https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/cities/largest-cities-by-population
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.SLUM.UR.ZS
22-It’s in our power with a little bit of cooperation,
23-A better world for all of us, regardless of our situation