Ecological Debt

 

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introduction  The production and consumption patterns that drive and sustain northern economies cause environmental deterioration all over the world. It is unjust that the richest 20 percent of the population consumes 80 percent of the planet's natural wealth. The extraction of this natural wealth for industrialized countries also causes social and environmental damage in the South. Rich northern governments must recognize that poor southern countries are owed an ecological debt, and that this debt must be repaid.