
Increasing urban sprawl often comes at the expense of agricultural lands and fertile soils.

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

Renewables cause significantly lower pollution, but have a higher demand for structural materials

The expansion of green areas in cities can potentially contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, heat and flood mitigation, erosion reduction and carbon capture.

On current trends, annual resource use per capita will grow by over 70 per cent by mid-century

The global ocean-based economy is estimated to be worth $3 trillion USD per year, which is five% of global GDP.

To achieve effective decoupling, today's linear material flows must become circular.

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.