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RT @jasonhickel (on X) Striking new paper shows that bringing the entire world population up to decent-living standards would require only about 3% of existing global resource use. Think about the implications of this: Right now, at least 80% of humanity is deprived of decent-living standards. More than 2 billion people do not even have stable access to food. These are massive levels of deprivation. And it is *totally avoidable* We can ensure all 8 billion people have universal healthcare, good housing, education, nutritious food, sanitation systems, transit, clothing, refrigerators, freezers, necessary heating/cooling, mobile phones, internet, computers, etc... ...all of this with only 3% of existing global resource use. Specifically: 7% of existing material use, 1% of existing emissions, 2% of existing land use, and 2% of existing water use.