Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 12:Ensure sustainable consumption and
production patterns
Issues:
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Each year, an estimated one third of all food produced – equivalent to 1.3 billion tonnes
worth around $1 trillion – ends up rotting in the bins of consumers and retailers, or spoiling
due to poor transportation and harvesting practices
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If people worldwide switched to energy efficient lightbulbs the world would save US$120
billion annually
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Should the global population reach 9.6 billion by 2050, the equivalent of almost three
planets could be required to provide the natural resources needed to sustain current
lifestyles
Water
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Less than 3 per cent of the world’s water is fresh (drinkable), of which 2.5 per cent is frozen
in the Antarctica, Arctic and glaciers. Humanity must therefore rely on 0.5 per cent for all of
man’s ecosystem’s and fresh water needs.
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Man is polluting water faster than nature can recycle and purify water in rivers and lakes.
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More than 1 billion people still do not have access to fresh water.
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Excessive use of water contributes to the global water stress.
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Water is free from nature but the infrastructure needed to deliver it is expensive.
Ref:
http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustaina
ble-consumption-production/
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