There is very interesting thinking on our world community excerpted below from the Global Footprint Network that holds that nations which have been early adopters of dealing with limited resources will be able to handle the challenges ahead much better than those countries who drag their feet. Each community will have to do the “green thing” for its own survival. And, those that do it first will have a competitive advantage.
Our current global situation: Since the 1970s, humanity has been in ecological overshoot with annual demand on resources exceeding what Earth can regenerate each year. It now takes the Earth one year and six months to regenerate what we use annually. We maintain this overshoot by liquidating the Earth’s resources. Overshoot is a vastly underestimated threat to human well-being and the health of the planet, and one that is not adequately addressed.
By measuring the Footprint of a population—an individual, city, business, nation, or all of humanity—we can assess our pressure on the planet, which helps us manage our ecological assets more wisely and take personal and collective action in support of a world where humanity lives within the Earth’s bounds.
By focusing on this big picture issue, we can address all of its symptoms at once. Global Footprint Network focuses on helping nations–and by extension, humanity as a whole—succeed in a world of emerging resource constraints. 
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Bioavailability and the World’s Carbon Footprint
