global inequalities

• the consumption of resources varies greatly throughout the world
• HICs generally consume more resources than LICs
• the problem we face is not that there are not enough resources but that they are unevenly distributed throughout the world
• as the wealth of the LICs increases, so does the demand for resources
• increase in population causes more demand and leads to more shortage of resources.
• as LICs and NEEs develop industrially and economically, their demand for resources has grown too, in china between 2003 and 2011 the energy consumption by 53%