
20% of world aquifers are overexploited, and 29% of ‘commercial’ fish populations are overfished.

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.

Producing electricity causes a quarter of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions

One-third of the current urban population lives in slums and informal settlements, often without access to basic services.

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

Up to one-third of the global population is already subject to water stress.

Planet will need 180 bn tonnes of material a year by 2050 if trends continue.