World comparisons. Ecofootprints and greenhouse gas pollution.
Data on World comparisons. Ecofootprints and greenhouse gas pollution. From Fred Pearce’s 2010 book PeopleQuake. (details in BOOK LIST).The Richest 1 billion people on the planet on average are Consuming Resources and Producing Waste at 32 times the rate of the remaining 6 billion.
The richest 7% of the people on the planet emit 50% of the greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change.
The poorest 45% of the people on the planet emit 7% of the greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change.
In 2008 the world’s population of 6.8 billion consumed more than 30% more of the planet’s resources than it can sustain.
Ecofootprints in equavalent hectares of productive land to deliver.
Average US citizens use 9.5 hectares.
Average Australians, Canadians use 7 hectares.
Average Europeans, Japanese use 4 to 5 hectares
Average Chinese use 2.1 hectares
Average Indians, Africans use 1 or less hectarers.
Data from Fred Pearce’s 2010 book PeopleQuake. Find details in BOOK LIST alphabetically under Pearce, Fred