20% of the World's population consumes 80% of it's resources
source: UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) GEO4 (Global Environment Outlook) 2007

The World spends 12 times more money on weapons programmes than on aid to developing countries
source: SIPRI Yearbook 2008 (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) / OECD 2008 (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

5,000 people die each day due to polluted drinking water & 1 billion humans have no access to safe drinking water
source: UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) 2006

1 billion people are going hungry
source: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) 2008

Over 50% of grain traded around the World is used for animal feed and biofuels
source: World Watch Institution 2007 / FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) 2008

40% of the World's arable land is degraded
source: UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) / ISRIC (International Soil Reference and Information Centre)

Every year 13 million hectares of forest disappear
source: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) 2005

1 mammal in 4, 1 bird in 8, and 1 amphibian in 3 are threatened with extinction - Species are dying out 1,000 times faster than naturally
source: IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) 2008 / International Botanical Congress 1999

75% of global fisheries products are exhausted, depleted, or are in danger of being so
source: United Nations 2007

The icecap has lost 40% of it's thickness in 40 years
source: NSIDC (National Snow and Ice Data Center) 2004

There could be 200 million climate refugees by 2050
source: The Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change (Part II, Chapter 3, page 77) - UK Government Report