Sentences with phrase «in ecological deficit»

Despite Blomqvist et al.'s reservations, Footprint results show that: (1) most countries are in ecological deficit, increasingly dependent on potentially unreliable trade in biocapacity; (2) humanity is at or beyond global carrying capacity for key categories of consumption, particularly agriculture (factoring in soil loss and ecosystem degradation would reveal additional deficits); (3) global carbon waste sinks are overflowing; and (4) the aggregate metabolism of the human economy exceeds the regenerative capacity of the ecosphere (and the ratio is increasing).

When a nation like India is in ecological deficit it meets demand by importing, liquidating its own ecological assets and / or using the global commons by emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

When a nation like Italy is in ecological deficit it meets demand by importing, liquidating its own ecological assets and / or using the global commons by emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

When a nation like China is in ecological deficit, it meets demand by importing, liquidating its own ecological assets and / or using the global commons by emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

When a nation like Switzerland is in ecological deficit it meets demand by importing, liquidating its own ecological assets and / or using the global commons by emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

When a nation like the U.K. is in ecological deficit it meets demand by importing, liquidating its own ecological assets and / or using the global commons by emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

When a nation like The Netherlands are in ecological deficit it meets demand by importing, liquidating its own ecological assets and / or using the global commons by emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

When a nation like Greece is in ecological deficit it meets demand by importing, liquidating its own ecological assets and / or using the global commons by emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

«Most countries are in ecological deficit, increasingly dependent on potentially unreliable trade in biocapacity,» Rees and Wackernagel wrote.

Not exact matches

Precisely with regard to these transitional situations which, in view of the present deficits in ecological and social - technological theory, particularly become the center of cultural attention, Whitehead has set new tasks.

Our governments and state planners in the overconsumptive nations financing huge domestic ecological deficits have always aimed at devising methods to maintain this disparity (read George Kennan's 1948 speech; nothing has changed).

COLE BAY — A lack of local food production, unrestricted and uninspected development, insufficient use of renewable energy, solid waste issues, no terrestrial conservation areas, and ineffective public transport have resulted in St. Maarten running at an ecological deficit,» says environmental agency St....

The method currently shows that about 84 % of the world population live in countries that run growing ecological deficits, i.e., they are living on overuse of their own ecosystems, on imported biocapacity or on appropriations from the global commons [4], [9].

Clearly, India's current ecological deficit poses a clear challenge to its leaders» ability to improve the quality of life for vast segments of the population now living in poverty.

According to the authors, «there is now a forest «fire deficit» in the western United States attributable to the combined effects of human activities, ecological, and climate changes.

Hence, an ecological «deficit» — where domestic demand exceeds domestic supply — reflects patterns of trade that in themselves can be both positive and negative from an environmental viewpoint [20].

See «Ecological Footprints and Bio-Capacity: Essential Elements in Sustainability Assessment» by William E. Rees: «humanity had already «overshot» the long - term human carrying capacity of the Earth by about 20 % in 1999 — the whole planet is in deficit.

And in the US, we've already hit Ecological Deficit Day on July 14th of this year, a full month before this global milestone was reached.