The world is heading for an ecological credit crunch as human demands on the world's natural capital reach nearly a third more than earth can sustain.
That is the stark warning contained in the latest edition of WWF’s Living Planet Report. The report shows more than three quarters of the world’s people now living in nations that are ecological debtors, where national consumption has outstripped their country’s biological capacity.
The report suggests some key “sustainability wedges” which if combined could stabilise and reverse the worsening slide into ecological debt and enduring damage to global support systems. For the single most important challenge — climate change – the report shows that a range of efficiency, renewable and low emissions “wedges” could meet projected energy demands to 2050 with reductions in carbon emissions of 60 to 80 per cent.
Dr Chris Hails, Editor-in-Chief of the Living Planet Report, WWF-International Director of Network Relations and Chairman of WWF-Singapore board, will share with the audience the key findings of the report and discuss how humanity can close the gap between humanity’s footprint and available biocapacity.
More details and registration on the ISEAS website
Time: 3-4.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room II, Institute of South East Asia Studies (ISEAS)
Website: http://www.iseas.edu.sg/
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