Una guida per prendersi cura del nostro pianeta

The document outlines the interconnectedness of the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and social injustice, arguing that current economic models based on overconsumption and fossil fuels are unsustainable. It calls for a fundamental shift toward circular economies, sustainable agriculture, and a 'just transition' that protects the most vulnerable populations. Key priorities include limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, restoring ecosystems, ensuring universal access to clean water and air, and redefining economic success beyond GDP.

• Human activities since the 18th-century Industrial Revolution have increased greenhouse gases from burning coal and oil, as well as intensive agriculture and deforestation, leading to more frequent droughts, storms, and floods. Approximately 150 million people live on land that will be submerged during high tides by the middle of the century.
• The world is experiencing a mass extinction of species across all levels, from mammals to bacteria, driven by industrialization and mass consumption. Freshwater plant and animal life has decreased by 84%, and the Amazon rainforest could become an arid landscape within 50 years without action on climate and deforestation.
• Water scarcity affects approximately 4 billion people for at least one month per year, particularly in rural areas and poor countries. Additionally, 3.6 billion people lack safely managed sanitation services, and 1.7 billion lack basic sanitation.
• Air pollution is a global crisis where 9 out of 10 people breathe air with high pollutant levels. Indoor air pollution, caused by burning coal, wood, and dung for cooking and heating, results in at least 3 million deaths annually.
• Intensive agriculture is responsible for about one-third of greenhouse gas emissions and has led to increased hunger in 70 of the poorest countries, while one-third of all food is wasted.
• Current consumption patterns are unsustainable, with 20% of the population using 80% of global resources. Plastic pollution is a critical symptom, with potentially over 5 trillion pieces of plastic floating in the seas; half of all plastics were produced in the last 15 years.
• Environmental crises disproportionately affect the poor and marginalized. By 2050, over 140 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia may be forced to migrate due to climate impacts such as sea-level rise and extreme weather.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2023). Una guida per prendersi cura del nostro pianeta. https://www.sei.org/publications/lanostracasacomune/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Una guida per prendersi cura del nostro pianeta. 2023. https://www.sei.org/publications/lanostracasacomune/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2023una, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Una guida per prendersi cura del nostro pianeta}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2023}, month = feb, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/lanostracasacomune/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }