Set of pointers congregated for the Worldwatch Institute sample that
World-
wide economy grows to the costs of the destruction of the
natural resources.
In the most recent edition of the Vital Signs (Vital Signals) launched in United States for the Worldwatch Institute, an institute of research dedicated the
ambient and social subjects, two trends are clear. first he is of that the economy pára not to grow, as they show some numbers: in 2005, the world-wide GIP reached the record of 59,6 trillions of dollar, the
global production of automobiles and utilitarian esportivos beat unknown to 64 million units and the world-wide expenses with advertising the 570 billion dollar, cipher never reached had arrived before.
The second trend presents the ambient cost of so high indices of production and consumption. The humanity is using 23% more than the resources natural of what the
planet is capable of recompor. About 20% of reefs of chorale and the fens in coastal areas already they had been destroyed in all world. The degradation of most of global ecosystems has led to the loss of the natural services that they give, therefore they function as food, drinking waters sources and as regulating of the climate.
fósseis fuels - mineral coal, natural gas and derivatives of oil - they continue to be the main global power plant, despite of the increase in the atmosphere of the effect gases greenhouse emitted by them, that almost certainly it will lead to the rise of the average temperature in the planet in the next decades. The use of mineral coal, the fuel that more it emits effect gases greenhouse, only grew 6.3% in 2004. The good notice, in counterpart, is that in the year of 2005 the installed capacity of energy aeolian 24%, the production of solar energy for célular grew fotovoltaicas (that they transform light into electricity) increased 45% and production of biocombustíveis (as etanol and biodiesel) gave a jump of 20%.
“The economy in the current standards is harming ecosystems of Land and the people who depend on them”, says Erik Assadourian, director of the Vital project Signs 2006-2007. “If everybody consumed as the countries richest, the planet could only support in sustainable way 1,8 billion of people, not it current population of 6,5 billion. In meanwhile, the world-wide population will not have to diminish, and yes to grow for 8,9 billion inhabitants for 2050 return.” The Vital series Signs, brought up to date to each one or two years, it congregates main economic, social pointers e ambient of the world, thus offering a picture of the “health” of the planet e of its inhabitants.
Published: July 24, 2006
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