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The One Planet Business Global Evidence Base represents the first attempt to estimate material consumption, carbon dioxide emissions and Ecological Footprints at the level of global human consumption and global industry sectors. Data is presented for 31 countries and 48 industry sectors.

Such evidence is essential to inform decisions about how to manage our global economy into the future so as to keep our resource consumption within planetary limits whilst meeting the needs of the world's growing population.

The One Planet Business analysis and report was prepared by Best Foot Forward with contributions from SEI, SERI and Global Footprint Network. It has been peer reviewed both within these organisations and by a number of external reviewers, including Manfred Lenzen (University of Sydney), Joe Ravetz (University of Manchester), Frans Berkhout (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).

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xls Click here to download a summary of the full results (1.6 MB)

pdf Click here to dowload a summary of the results on personal mobility (32 KB)

Research Framework Personal MobilityWWF and its research partners have a collated a global evidence base to measure the impact of key consumer demand areas and the supply chains that meet these demands.>>

Research Partners Overshoot pictureWWF has worked with the leading proponents of ecological measurement to create the One Planet Business Global Evidence Base.>>

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