We must not waste our future

EUROPEAN countries have, for the most part, enjoyed a large share of the world’s natural resources over the past 200 years.

Today, as populations in other world regions gain the means to compete for global resources and raise their living standards, we know that this is just and fair.

Global extraction of metals, minerals, timber, land and soil, fresh water is expected to increase by 75% in the next 25 years, along with the growth of the global middle class.