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reforesting 350 million hectares of forest would move the date of overshoot day back by
8 days
if we move the date ___ days each year, humanity can be out of overshoot before 2050
6
classical conservation
efforts to protect and preserve wild spaces, particularly biodiversity hotspots
it would take half the planet’s biocapacity to secure about 85% of biodiversity
restoration
reforestation of tropical forests and mangroves has the triple benefit of increasing biodiversity, sequestering carbon dioxide, and acting as flood barriers during storms
regeneratice agriculture and sustainable fishing
find ways of farming that maintain soil productivity, groundwater lees, water cycles, etc
- sustainable fishing supports overall ocean health
ocean absorbs how much of carbon emissions
30%
If every other family had one less child and parenthood was postponed by two years, by 2050 we would move overshoot day by
49 days
___ to ____ billion people will be living on earth by 2100
7.3 to 15.6
If we cut food waste in half worldwide, we would move overshoot day ____
13 days
If we reduced global meat consumption by ___ and replaced these calories through a vegetarian diet, we would move overshoot day ____
50%
17 days
Half of earth’s biocapacity is used to
feed us
Two major issues when addressing food sufficiency, malnutrition, and hunger are
resource inefficiency in food production
food waste
About_________of the food produced in the world for human consumption (1.3 billion tonnes every year) gets lost or wasted
one third
A nutritionally balanced, vegetarian diet boasts an ecological footprint that is ___lower than that of one comprised mainly of animal-based proteins
2.5 times
Between ___-___ of all people are expected to live in urban areas by 2050
70% to 80%
Reducing the carbon component of humanity’s ecological footprint by 50% would move earth overshoot by___
93 days
The carbon footprint makes up ___ of humanity’s ecological footprint
60%
If we reduce our footprint from driving by 50% around the world and assume ⅓ of car miles are replaced by public transportation and the rest by biking and walking, we would move back earth overshoot day by ____
13 days
personal mobility makes up ___ of humanity’s carbon Footprint
17%
