Our global material footprint shows no signs of slowing down.
We are over halfway through the 15-year plan for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The 17 objectives in the plan were intended to make the world a better, more sustainable place.
Of course, the bottom end does not have to be abject poverty. It really depends on how poverty is defined.
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