Carbon control for sustainable cities

The world’s resources could run out. The "China Ecological Footprint Report 2010," jointly published by WWF and the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), looks at the problems of a world running out of resources.
If China is to continue to improve its well-being, it must do so without helping to destroy the planet. Addressing carbon emissions and urban development will be crucial, the report said. Over the past three decades China‘s per capita income has grown by more than 50 times as a result of economic development. However, rapid industrialization, urban development and intensive agriculture have increased the pressure on nature.
EnergyPortal.EU reports that a world consuming resources and producing waste at Chinese levels for 2007 would need the equivalent of 1.2 planets to support its activities, compared to 0.8 of a planet at 2003 Chinese consumption levels.