Una guía para el cuidado de nuestro planeta vivo

This guide, a collaboration between the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Holy See, outlines the interconnected crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, water and air pollution, and unsustainable consumption. It emphasizes that the most vulnerable populations suffer the most from these issues and calls for a fundamental shift toward circular economies, regenerative agriculture, and social justice to protect the planet.

• The current climate crisis is driven by economic and social systems reliant on fossil fuels, with greenhouse gas emissions from industry, transport, heating, and electricity causing global warming. This has led to more frequent and severe droughts, storms, and floods, and rising sea levels that could leave 150 million people living on land below the high tide line by mid-century.
• Human activity, including industrialization and intensive agriculture, has caused a mass extinction event. Freshwater animal and plant life decreased by 84 percent over the same period as industrial growth. Without action on deforestation and climate change, the Amazon rainforest could become a dry scrubland landscape within 50 years.
• Water scarcity is a critical issue, with approximately 4 billion people experiencing severe water scarcity for at least one month per year, particularly in rural areas and very poor countries. Additionally, 3.6 billion people lack safe sanitation, and 1.7 billion lack basic sanitation, increasing exposure to waterborne diseases like cholera.
• Air pollution is a global health crisis where 9 out of 10 people breathe air with high pollution levels. Indoor air pollution, caused by burning coal, wood, and dung for cooking and heating, results in at least 3 million deaths annually, disproportionately affecting women and children.
• Industrial agriculture, while initially increasing yields, has become unsustainable, contributing to nearly one-third of carbon emissions and the loss of unique crop varieties. While acute hunger is increasing in over 50 countries, one-third of all food is wasted.
• Current consumption patterns, especially among the wealthiest 20 percent of the population who use 80 percent of resources, are unsustainable. Plastic waste is a primary symptom, with approximately 5 trillion pieces of plastic and microplastics currently floating in the oceans.
• Environmental crises are inextricably linked to social injustice, as the poorest populations suffer the most despite being the least responsible for the damage. By 2050, over 140 million people in Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America may be forced to migrate due to the climate crisis.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2023). Una guía para el cuidado de nuestro planeta vivo. https://www.sei.org/publications/nuestracasacomun/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Una guía para el cuidado de nuestro planeta vivo. 2023. https://www.sei.org/publications/nuestracasacomun/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2023una, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Una guía para el cuidado de nuestro planeta vivo}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2023}, month = feb, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/nuestracasacomun/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }