China’s 1.38 billion citizens consume resources that need km2 of land area to make...and we only have 149 million km2 of land on Earth to begin with. The extra resources they are consuming are either meant for the future or imported.
What we consume today needs 1.5 Earths to make. That’s 223.5 million km2. That figure only increases year after year. By 2050, we will need 2 Earths to satisfy our demand.
The environmental and economic crises we are experiencing are symptoms of looming catastrophe, and signs of human pressure of the planet’s finite resources.
However, not every country owes a debt to Mother Nature. Where there are debtors, there are creditors - countries that are being owed.
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