THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS THE 2010 DECLARATION
OF THE INTERNATIONAL FACTOR 10 CLUB
WITH EXPANATORY NOTES OF ITS FOUNDING PRESIDENT
F. Schmidt-Bleek
1. Good living, prosperous economies, high levels of employment and peace require a healthy environment, including an agreeable climate and rich biodiversity. Today, all are threatened: urgent action to change course and reduce the overuse of fossil fuels, water and material resources is of paramount importance. To this end, the Factor 10 Club in 1994 called on governments to achieve within a generation a ten-fold increase in the efficiency with which their economies use energy, natural resources and other materials. The technologies required for a four-fold increase exist and, with appropriate policy reforms, a tenfold increase could be achieved. > more