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in response to World Conservation Day, Earth Hour, Arbor Day, and more...
Top Carbon Emitters by woonder
In 2007, China made it to the world’s biggest producer of carbon dioxide - the
primary greenhouse gas responsible for global warming. Rapid economic growth
in China has fueled massive energy demand from burning of high carbon-emitting
fossil fuels - oil, gas and coal.
Data Source: Reuters, 2007.
Our Shrinking Earth
Population growth is exerting an increasing pressure on the planet. Number on
images of Earth reflects the shrinking size of land per capita (in hectares of land
per capita) since 1900 as the population increased. By 2050, the world population
is expected to rise to 9.2 billion.
Data Source: Global Environment Outlook 4 (GEO-4), UNEP
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Part of a set of dropped infographics produced for the office coffee table book on urban sustainability.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
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