
About 25 per cent of the world's land is degraded.

For only about a third of metals do we have any metal stock in society information at all.

Main metal-containing items for post-consumer waste are cars, electronic appliances and packaging.

By 2050, low-carbon energy technologies will need 600 million tonnes of metal resources for infrastructure and wiring.

Globally, the top 200 recent hydropower developments (2000-2018) are estimated to have displaced between 900,000 and 2 million people (mostly in Asia),as well as giving rise to substantial land-use change since the start of the century.

Growing and harvesting biomass contributed over 90% to total global biodiversity loss and water stress.
Policy should target the sectors that are mainly responsible: food related sectors (agriculture, retailers, and food services), wood related industries (forestry, construction) and increasingly biochemicals.

Economic production happens in cities, with 80% of global GDP produced on just 2% of land surface.