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- The Planet Can’t Sustain Rapid Growth Much Longer Economic data expert Gaya Herrington says overconsumption has brought the world to a dangerous tipping point, but there’s still time to act....
- Urban water crises often boil down to classism “Socioeconomic inequalities can drive water shortages and crises as much as, if not more than, population growth or climate change.". DepositPhotosThe current system allows overconsumption of water by some individuals while others don’t even have safe access. The post Urban water crises often boil down to classism appeared first on...
- The sustainable regeneration of the packaging value chain To mitigate the impacts of climate breakdown, we need to shift towards a sustainable regeneration system in the value chain which is circular. The post The sustainable regeneration of the packaging value chain appeared first on Open Access Government....
- Charities call for urgent regulation on supermarket sugar sales Research has revealed that nine out of ten UK supermarkets lack any policies to measure total supermarket sugar sales across all products and set reduction targets. The post Charities call for urgent regulation on supermarket sugar sales appeared first on Open Access Government....
- No more wasted chances: rethinking overconsumption culture Attitudes to material acquisition have varied greatly through the ages, and now, the world is exacerbating the climate crisis with overconsumption. How do we change this? The post No more wasted chances: rethinking overconsumption culture appeared first on Open Access Government....
- EU environmental impacts are ‘outsourced’ to non-member state neighbours The burdens of EU environmental impacts are being exported to non-member Eastern European countries – yet the EU continues to profit. The post EU environmental impacts are ‘outsourced’ to non-member state neighbours appeared first on Open Access Government....
- It’s official: Footprints for monitoring biodiversity health photo credit: UN Biodiversity All five mechanisms that drive down biodiversity are symptoms of ecological overshoot (see also the adjacent blue box). Overshoot is caused by the human economy’s demand for more resources from nature than nature can regenerate. This insight was core to a proposal for the UN Biodiversity...