World Population

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The goods we accumulate today will pile up as waste tomorrow, and more yet in view of the global trends. Projections tell us that there will be 9000 million people on Earth by 2050. According to the Global Footprint Network life on Earth would not even be sustainable for 2000 million people consuming at the same rate as in the richest countries today.

Year: 2009

From collection: Vital Waste Graphics 2

Cartographer: Emmanuelle Bournay

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Vital Waste Graphics 2

The second edition of Vital Waste Graphics looks at the lifecycle of products and provides a wealth of data, text and graphics that shed...

23 Apr 2006 Vital Graphics Series