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The document argues that the current ecological crisis—characterized by climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution—is rooted in overconsumption and fossil-fuel-based economic systems. It calls for a transition toward circular economies, regenerative agriculture, and a 'just transition' that prioritizes the rights of the poor, indigenous peoples, and future generations.

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  • The climate crisis is driven by economic and social systems reliant on fossil fuels, with greenhouse gas emissions from coal, oil, and gas, intensive agriculture, and deforestation leading to intensified storms, floods, and droughts.
  • Sea level rise threatens 150 million people whose lands may be submerged by 2050, while the Amazon rainforest risks becoming a dry landscape within 50 years if no action is taken.
  • Biodiversity is in a state of crisis, with freshwater plant and animal life dropping by 84% and a continuing mass extinction of species caused by industrialization and mass consumption.
  • Water scarcity affects approximately 4 billion people for at least one month annually, particularly in rural areas and poor countries, while 3.6 billion people lack safely managed sanitation.
  • Air pollution is a global health crisis where nine out of ten people breathe polluted air; indoor air pollution from cooking and heating with coal, wood, or dung causes at least 3 million deaths per year.
  • Intensive agriculture is responsible for approximately one-third of greenhouse gas emissions and contributes to increasing hunger in over 50 countries despite one-third of food being wasted.
  • Global consumption patterns are unsustainable, with 20% of the population using 80% of world resources; plastic pollution is a critical symptom, with over 5 trillion plastic pieces floating in the seas.
  • Climate impacts may force more than 140 million people in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia to migrate by 2050.

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Stockholm Environment Institute (2023). Un guide pour prendre soin de notre planète. https://www.sei.org/publications/notremaisoncommune/
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Stockholm Environment Institute. Un guide pour prendre soin de notre planète. 2023. https://www.sei.org/publications/notremaisoncommune/.
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{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Un guide pour prendre soin de notre planète |date=14 February 2023 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/notremaisoncommune/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
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@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2023guide, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Un guide pour prendre soin de notre planète}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2023}, month = feb, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/notremaisoncommune/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }

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