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To consume the way we do, we will need the resources of 2.3 planets by 2050
But there are solutions, among them more investment in infrastructure, greening homes and education
Sustaining our consumption levels will require the resources of 2.3 planets by 2050.
That’s according to the World Economic Forum.
By that year 1.3-billion people in Africa will be living in cities compared with the 395-million that did so by 2010. This mass urbanisation, coupled with climate change, could spell disaster for the continent...
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