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The world is causing #GlobalWarming through excessive #CO2 #emissions: The #CarbonFootprint, which equals CF per person multiplied by #population, of the current (2016) world population of 7.5 billion uses the carbon sequestration capacity of 2.4 Earths. 
The maximum #sustainable (“#CarbonNeutral”) #population at our current CF per person is only 3.1 billion. The maximum that would give everyone the current #QualityOfLife in the US, as measured by the UN’s #HumanDevelopmentIndex, is only 2 billion.
Since the start of CF tracking (1961), 64% of our #growth in CF has been caused by #population growth and only 36% by growth in personal #emissions (CF per person).
The US is causing #GlobalWarming through excessive #CO2 #emissions: The #CarbonFootprint, which equals CF per person multiplied by #population, of the current (2016) US population of 323 million uses the carbon sequestration capacity of 3.7 Americas.
The maximum #sustainable (“#CarbonNeutral”) #population at our current CF per person is only 87 million. The maximum that would maintain our current #QualityOfLife, as measured by the UN’s #HumanDevelopmentIndex, is only 195 million.
Since the start of CF tracking (1961), 91% of our #growth in CF has been caused by #population growth and only 9% by growth in personal #emissions (CF per person).
Our world is not environmentally #sustainable: The #EcologicalFootprint, which equals EF per person multiplied by #population, of the current (2016) world population of 7.5 billion uses the biological capacity of 1.7 Earths.
The maximum #sustainable #population at our current EF per person is only 4.4 billion. The maximum that would give everyone the current #QualityOfLife in the US, as measured by the UN’s #HumanDevelopmentIndex, is only 2.6 billion.
Since the start of EF tracking (1961), 83% of our #growth in EF has been caused by #population growth and only 17% by growth in personal #consumption (EF per person).
The US is not environmentally #sustainable: The #EcologicalFootprint, which equals EF per person multiplied by #population, of the current (2016) US population of 323 million uses the biological capacity of 2.2 Americas.
The maximum #sustainable #population at our current EF per person is only 145 million. The maximum that would maintain our current #QualityOfLife, as measured by the UN’s #HumanDevelopmentIndex, is only 253 million.
Since the start of EF tracking (1961), our #growth in EF has been caused entirely by #population #growth, more than offsetting a small reduction in our personal #consumption.
[1/n]. Wrong/ misleading headlines of various newspapers about improvement in India's #HumanDevelopmentIndex rank between 2017 & 2018 @EconomicTimes @thetribunechd @businessline @bsindia @IM4ChangeIndia @UNDP @UNDP_India
@EconomicTimes @thetribunechd @businessline @bsindia @IM4ChangeIndia @UNDP @UNDP_India [2/n]. Fact check: India's #HDI rank for 2017 was 129 out of 189 countries & UN recognized territories, that remained the same for 2018 HDI. See page # 302, HDReport 2019, URL is bit.ly/2PnNo5m @EconomicTimes @businessline @thetribunechd @bsindia @IM4ChangeIndia @UNDP
@EconomicTimes @thetribunechd @businessline @bsindia @IM4ChangeIndia @UNDP @UNDP_India [3/n]. In case of India, HDI value for 2018 was 0.647 & for 2017 it was 0.643. See page# 3, India-specific report on HDI for 2018, part of HDReport2019, URL is bit.ly/2P5o851 @EconomicTimes @bsindia @businessline @thetribunechd @IM4ChangeIndia @UNDP_India @UNDP @AltNews
