All the evidence suggests that pollution can be controlled, climate change can be countered, and the depletion of resources can be dealt with through a mix of innovation, regulation and market signals.

ECONOMIST: A Survey of the 20th Century

These include increasing social disparities and inequity, population growth, climate change, the deterioration and pollution of the environment, the unsustainable use of freshwater and depletion of ocean resources, as well as increasing cases of natural and human-made disasters.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

In recent years, bioplastics composed from plant resources gathered greater attention as an effective measure to reduce the depletion of petroleum resources and alleviate global warming.

ENGADGET: NEC builds a better bioplastic from plant stems and cashew nut shells

OECD, would like a compromise which at least tries to attach monetary values to the depletion of natural resources, while admitting that degradation may be almost impossible to capture.

ECONOMIST: An invaluable environment

As scarce resources head toward depletion, the pace of exploitation accelerates!

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