One world to share

Earth will only remain able to provide even a basic standard of living for everyone in the future if economic systems and technologies are dramatically transformed and critical resources are more fairly used, managed and shared, according to an international research team.

Beyond a boundary

Mankind has been wiping out species and changing the landscape since the last ice age, but the sheer weight of our impact on the planet threatens to breach the boundaries of its ability to sustain us.

New tool tracks national resource footprints

Australian researchers working with the United Nations have developed a tool to drive practical change in the world’s global resource consumption through better understanding how many resources each country consumes.