
Trade in material resources – biomass, fossil fuels, metals, and minerals – has increased by more than 90% in the past two decades.

Restoring 350 million hectares of degraded landscapes by 2030 could generate $US 9 trillion in ecosystem services and take 13-26 gigatons of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere.

11 million tonnes of plastic are discharged into the ocean annually.

The number of net exporters is decreasing, highlighting a growing vulnerability of the global trading system, as it comes to rely on ever fewer resource producers.

Rising income and urbanization are changing diets and increasing the need for agricultural land.

Material consumption by cities will grow from 40 billion tonnes in 2010 to 90 billion tonnes by 2050, more than the planet can sustainably provide.

Dietary changes may soon override population growth as the major driver of land needs for food.

A mobile phone contains more than 60 different metals, each in small amounts.