{"id":214498,"date":"2022-06-06T12:01:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T11:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=214498"},"modified":"2022-06-06T12:17:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T11:17:30","slug":"five-more-planets-earth-urgently-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/06\/five-more-planets-earth-urgently-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Five More Planets Earth Urgently Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"

3 Jun 2022 – <\/em>In a previous article<\/a>, UNICEF\u2019s key findings<\/a> about the harsh impacts on the world\u2019s children \u2013and the whole Planet Earth\u2013 of the excessive consumption by mostly rich countries.<\/p>\n

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If everyone were to consume resources at the rate at which people in the United States, Canada and Luxembourg do, at least five Earths would be needed.<\/strong><\/em>
\nCredit: Emilio Godoy \/ IPS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

One of these is that if everyone were to consume resources at the rate at which people in the United States, Canada and Luxembourg do, at least five Earths would be needed.<\/p>\n

But there is a problem\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

And it is that there is one Earth.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the Universe there are billions of galaxies\u2026 In our Galaxy are billions of planets\u2026 But there is one Earth (#OnlyOneEarth) reminds the UN on the occasion of the 2022 World Environment Day <\/a>marked on 5 June.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earth is now facing a triple planetary emergency: the climate is heating up too quickly for people and nature to adapt; habitat loss and other pressures mean an estimated 1 million species are threatened with extinction, and pollution continues to poison the air, the land and the water<\/div>\n

More than ever, it goes on, this single Earth is now facing a triple planetary emergency: the climate is heating up too quickly for people and nature to adapt; habitat loss and other pressures mean an estimated 1 million species are threatened with extinction, and pollution continues to poison the air, the land and the water.<\/p>\n

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP<\/a>) explains <\/a>that the current triple planetary crisis consists of three interlinked issues threatening human and environmental health: climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste.<\/p>\n

The consequences<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Further to IPS article World Environment Day (I): The Richest 1% Pollutes More than the Poorest 50%<\/a>, which exposed the main causes of the current rate of depletion of the world\u2019s natural resources, here are some of the most outstanding consequences of human activities:<\/p>\n