
The use of natural resources has more than tripled since 1970, and continues to grow.

Compact, resource-efficient cities could see cuts of 36-54 per cent in GHG emissions, and in metals, land, energy and water use.

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

From 2000 to 2015, the climate change and health impacts from extraction and production of metals doubled.

Under business as usual conditions, by 2040, plastic leakage to the ocean is set to nearly triple

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

Last century we extracted 27 times more ores and minerals, and 34 times more construction materials.

An estimated 33 per cent of the world’s soil is moderately to highly degraded.