Vital Signs 2006-2007

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From growth in world population and the global economy to a decline in the world's ecosystems, Vitai Signs 2006- 2007 documents the trends that are shaping our future in 44 concise analyses. This fourteenth volume of Vitai Signs makes clear that time is running short to address the world's looming environmental and social problems: • Over 60 percent of the world's ecosystem services are being degraded or used unsustainably. • Five of the last eight years have been the hottest on record-and 2005 was the hottest ever. • Twenty percent of the world's coral reefs have been destroyed and another 50 percent are threatened. But Vita! Signs alsó points to positive trends that, if accelerated, could put us on a new, sustainable path: • The totál number of wars and armed conflicts declined to 39 in 2005-the lowest since peaking in the early 1990s. • In 2005, solar power production grew 45 percent, wind power capacity by 24 percent, and... Tovább

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From growth in world population and the global economy to a decline in the world's ecosystems, Vitai Signs 2006- 2007 documents the trends that are shaping our future in 44 concise analyses. This fourteenth volume of Vitai Signs makes clear that time is running short to address the world's looming environmental and social problems: • Over 60 percent of the world's ecosystem services are being degraded or used unsustainably. • Five of the last eight years have been the hottest on record-and 2005 was the hottest ever. • Twenty percent of the world's coral reefs have been destroyed and another 50 percent are threatened. But Vita! Signs alsó points to positive trends that, if accelerated, could put us on a new, sustainable path: • The totál number of wars and armed conflicts declined to 39 in 2005-the lowest since peaking in the early 1990s. • In 2005, solar power production grew 45 percent, wind power capacity by 24 percent, and biofuels production by 22 percent. Vitai Signs 2006-2007 provides you with the information you need to understand where humanity is heading and what is needed to change this course.

0N THE COVER: Venice, Italy Known for its canals and great works of art and architecture, Venice may be the Atlantis of the future. By 21 oo the city could be uninhabitable due to floods triggered by climate change. Satellite image captured by GeoEye's IKONOS satellite on November 27,2000, and provided by GeoEye. 'A key source of hard facts on global trends." - Booklist, boxed review 'This is a book of clear analysis and possible solutions." -KlausTöpfer, former Exec. Director, U.N. Environment Programme "The most straightforward and reliable environmental, economic, and social information available on the entire planet Earth." -Michael Pastore, Editorial Director, ePublishers Weekly 'Its cool appraisal of our planet makes all other works of reference look trivial." - The Guardian [London] ISBN-13: 978-0-393-32872-1 ISBN-10: 0-393-32872-4 978039332872151695 Vissza