The Global Resources Outlook 2019, examines the trends in natural resources and their corresponding consumption patterns since the 1970s. A UN report says that we are using up the world's resources our consumption of them has tripled since 1970, a UN report warns. The report finds that, in the same period, annual global extraction of materials grew from 27 billion tonnes to 92 billion tonnes. If the trend continues, this figure will double again to 190 billion tonnes in forty years. Fossil fuel usage went from 6 billion tonnes in 1970 to 15 billion tons in 2017.

Source: Daily Mail March 13, 2019 17:26 UTC