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2 | 1.0 | Potential energy savings from buildings upgrades | If $279billion were invested in the US in retrofitting buildings with eco solutions, it would yield more than $1 trillion in energy savings over 10 years—equal to 30% of the country’s annual spending on electricity. | earning | 2017 | source: Project Drawdown | https://www.drawdown.org/ | ||
3 | 1.2 | Turn EU into carbon-neutral economy | Green Deal for carbon-neutral EU. To turn the EU into a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. Half the funds will come from the EU budget, the rest from investors. (EUR1tn) | helping | 2020 | source: European Parliament | https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/20200109STO69927/europe-s-one-trillion-climate-finance-plan | ||
4 | 2.0 | Joe Biden's Clean Energy Revolution | Joe Biden's plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Calls for 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations, ending fossil fuel subsidies, and funding research into clean tech. Doesn't end fracking, and wants to use carbon-capture tech to deal with fossil fuel emissions rather than ending fossil fuels all together. | spending | 2020 | source: CNN | https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/14/politics/joe-biden-clean-energy-plan/index.html | ||
5 | 7.7 | Savings from wind turbines | over 30 years (globally) | At a combined cost of $1.8 trillion, wind turbines can deliver net savings of $7.7 trillion over three decades of operation. | saving | 2020 | source: Project Drawdown | https://www.drawdown.org/solutions/onshore-wind-turbines | |
6 | 1.8 | -install costs | $1.8 trillion | spending | 2020 | source: Project Drawdown | https://www.drawdown.org/solutions/onshore-wind-turbines | ||
7 | 7.8 | To eliminate the use of all fossil fuels for energy in the U.S | The plan creates 3.1 million more U.S. jobs than the business-as-usual case, and saves 63,000 lives from air pollution per year. It reduces energy, health, and climate costs 1.3, 0.7, and 3.1 trillion dollars per year | spending | 2021 | source: Standford | https://woods.stanford.edu/news/stanford-study-charts-path-green-new-deal-143-countries | ||
8 | 10.1 | Potential revenue from nature-positive businesses | new opportunities & 400 million jobs | Food, land & ocean use ($3.6tr), Infrastructure enhancement ($3tr), clean energy ($3.5tr) | earning | 2020 | source: World Economic Forum | https://www.weforum.org/press/2020/07/395-million-new-jobs-by-2030-if-businesses-prioritize-nature-says-world-economic-forum | |
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10 | 1.8 | Global military spending | fighting | 2018 | source: SIPRI | https://www.sipri.org/media/press-release/2019/world-military-expenditure-grows-18-trillion-2018 | |||
11 | 1.9 | Global crime revenue | The trafficking of drugs, arms, humans, human organs, and cultural property; counterfeiting, illegal wildlife crime, illegal fishing, illegal logging, illegal mining, and crude oil theft. | losing | 2020 | source: Global Financial Integrity | https://gfintegrity.org/report/transnational-crime-and-the-developing-world/ | ||
12 | 7.8 | Global health spend | Equivalent to 10% of GDP. 60% public, 40% private funding. | spending | 2019 | source: WHO | https://www.who.int/health_financing/documents/health-expenditure-report-2019.pdf?ua=1 | ||
13 | 3.6 | -USA | $3.6 Trillion | spending | 2019 | source: Centres for Medicaid & Medicare Services | https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/NationalHealthAccountsHistorical | ||
14 | 4.7 | Global education spending | From all donors, public and private. | helping | 2019 | source: UNESCO | https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000265866 | ||
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16 | 2.3 | Saudi Aramco | market value | World's richest company - as of June 2022 | hoarding | 2022 | source: Companies Market Cap | https://companiesmarketcap.com/apple/marketcap/ | |
17 | 2.2 | Apple | market value | as of June 2022 | hoarding | 2022 | source: Companies Market Cap | https://companiesmarketcap.com/apple/marketcap/ | |
18 | 1.9 | Microsoft | market value | as of June 2022 | hoarding | 2022 | source: Companies Market Cap | https://companiesmarketcap.com/apple/marketcap/ | |
19 | 1.4 | Alphabet / Google | market value | as of June 2022 | hoarding | 2022 | source: Companies Market Cap | https://companiesmarketcap.com/apple/marketcap/ | |
20 | 1.0 | Amazon market value | as of June 2022 | hoarding | 2022 | source: Companies Market Cap | https://companiesmarketcap.com/apple/marketcap/ | ||
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22 | 2.6 | India | GDP | 2020 | earning | 2020 | source: Google markets data | https://www.google.com/search?q=india+GDP&ei=YgO-YsfkG4TE8gKkrbuYDQ&ved=0ahUKEwjHnZT5_dX4AhUEolwKHaTWDtMQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=india+GDP&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyCwgAEIAEELEDEIMBMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEOgUIABCRAjoECAAQQzoRCC4QgAQQsQMQgwEQxwEQowI6CAguELEDEIMBOhQILhCABBCxAxCDARDHARDRAxDUAjoKCAAQsQMQgwEQQzoHCC4QsQMQQzoHCAAQyQMQQzoLCAAQsQMQgwEQkQI6CAgAEIAEELEDOgUILhCABDoLCC4QgAQQxwEQrwFKBAhBGABKBAhGGABQAFjcCWCkC2gAcAF4AIABd4gBlwaSAQM2LjOYAQCgAQHAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz | |
23 | 2.6 | France | GDP | 2020 | earning | 2020 | source: Google markets data | https://www.google.com/search?q=france+GDP&ei=oAO-YquBI--XhbIPiYm02A0&ved=0ahUKEwir0eOW_tX4AhXvS0EAHYkEDdsQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=france+GDP&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBwgAELEDEEMyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBAgAEEMyBQgAEIAEOgYIABAeEAdKBAhBGABKBAhGGABQAFiPBGCrBWgAcAF4AIABVIgBqQOSAQE2mAEAoAEBwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz | |
24 | 2.7 | UK | GDP | 2020 | earning | 2020 | source: Google markets data | https://www.google.com/search?q=UK+GDP&ei=ugO-Yt_wDI-ThbIPnrOR0AY&ved=0ahUKEwjftYCj_tX4AhWPSUEAHZ5ZBGoQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=UK+GDP&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyCggAELEDEIMBEEMyBAgAEEMyCwgAEIAEELEDEIMBMgoIABCxAxCDARBDMgsIABCABBCxAxCDATIECAAQQzILCAAQgAQQsQMQgwEyBAgAEEMyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDoICAAQHhAHEAo6BggAEB4QB0oECEEYAEoECEYYAFAAWI0BYNADaABwAXgAgAFYiAGUAZIBATKYAQCgAQHAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz | |
25 | 3.8 | Germany | GDP | 2020 | earning | 2020 | source: Google markets data | https://www.google.com/search?q=germany+GDP&ei=zAO-Yp-4EIbcgAakh5zQDQ&ved=0ahUKEwifzs6r_tX4AhUGLsAKHaQDB9oQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=germany+GDP&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBwgAELEDEEMyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDoQCC4QsQMQgwEQxwEQ0QMQQ0oECEEYAEoECEYYAFAAWIcIYMYJaABwAXgAgAFciAHdBpIBAjExmAEAoAEBwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz | |
26 | 5.0 | Japan | GDP | 2020 | earning | 2020 | source: Google markets data | https://www.google.com/search?q=japan+GDP&ei=4gO-YobdLtilgAa7pJmwDQ&ved=0ahUKEwiG1qu2_tX4AhXYEsAKHTtSBtYQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=japan+GDP&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBwgAELEDEEMyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBggAEB4QBzIECAAQQzoECAAQDUoECEEYAEoECEYYAFAAWNMKYMINaAJwAXgBgAFmiAH3BJIBAzguMZgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz | |
27 | 14.7 | China | GDP | 2020 | earning | 2018 | source: Google markets data | https://www.google.com/search?q=china+gdp&oq=China+GDP&aqs=chrome.0.0i433i512j0i512l9.1722j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 | |
28 | 20.9 | USA | GDP | 2020 | earning | 2020 | source: Google markets data | https://www.google.com/search?q=us+gdp&oq=US+GDP&aqs=chrome.0.0i433i512j0i131i433i512j0i512j0i131i433i512j0i512j0i131i433i512j0i512l4.1270j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 | |
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30 | 3.6 | US healthcare spending | spending | 2018 | source: Centres for Medicaid & Medicare Services | https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/NationalHealthAccountsHistorical | |||
31 | 6.8 | US government budget | Federal budget. | spending | 2021 | source: Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_United_States_federal_budget | ||
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33 | 1.4 | Global fashion industry | earning | 2019 | source: Common Objective | https://www.commonobjective.co/article/the-size-of-the-global-fashion-retail-market | |||
34 | 4.2 | Global wellness industry | earning | 2018 | source: Fast Company | https://www.fastcompany.com/90247896/these-10-market-trends-turned-wellness-into-a-4-2-trillion-global-industry | |||
35 | 4.5 | China's Belt & Road initiative | A “belt” of overland corridors and a maritime “road” of shipping lanes directly linking China to 60 countries around the world. Median estimate. Estimates vary widely. | spending | 2019 | source: Centre for Strategic & International Studies | https://www.csis.org/analysis/how-big-chinas-belt-and-road | ||
36 | 4.7 | To meet the United Nation's SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals (per year) | Annual cost of meeting sustainable development goals in lower & middle-income & developing countries by 2030 | spending | 2015 | source: WorldBank | http://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/744701582827333101/pdf/Understanding-the-Cost-of-Achieving-the-Sustainable-Development-Goals.pdf | |
37 | 6.3 | Top 20 internet companies | market cap | Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook, Alibaba, Tencent, PayPal, Netflix, Adobe, Salesforce, Booking, ByteDance, ServiceNow, JD.com, Uber, Meituan-Dianping, Shopify, Pinduoduo, Baidu, Workday | earning | 2021 | source: Statista | https://www.statista.com/statistics/277483/market-value-of-the-largest-internet-companies-worldwide/ | |
38 | 5.8 | China's suspected hidden debt | estimated | hoarding | 2018 | source: Reuters | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-debt/china-local-governments-hidden-debt-could-total-5-8-trillion-sp-idUSKCN1MQ0JH | ||
39 | 6.4 | US post 9/11 wars | Afghanistan, Iraq etc | Since 2001. Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan. Syria has cost $54 billion, Pakistan has cost $10 billion, the post-9/11 homeland security mission known as Operation Noble Eagle has cost $23 billion and other war funds for Africa and Europe have cost $137 billion, the study adds." | fighting | 2020 | source: CNBC | https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/20/us-spent-6point4-trillion-on-middle-east-wars-since-2001-study.html | |
40 | 1.8 | -Afghanistan & Iraq | At least $1.8 trillion | fighting | 2020 | source: The Hill | https://thehill.com/policy/defense/416663-study-us-has-spent-nearly-6t-on-war-since-9-11 | ||
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42 | 303.0 | Global debt | losing | 2021 | source: WeForum | https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/05/what-is-global-debt-why-high/#:~:text=What%20is%20global%20debt%3F,a%20global%20financial%20industry%20association. | |||
43 | 8.7 | Total external debt of low and middle income countries | owing | 2020 | source: World Bank | https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2021/10/11/low-income-country-debt-rises-to-record-860-billion-in-2020#:~:text=External%20debt%20stocks%20of%20low,and%20achieve%20sustainable%20debt%20levels. | |||
44 | 15.8 | US Household debt | mortgages, car loans etc | owing | 2020 | source: Federal Reserve | https://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/research/2022/20220510 | ||
45 | 1.6 | -Student debt | owing | 2018 | source: Federal Reserve | https://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/research/2022/20220510 | |||
46 | 30.0 | US government debt | owing | 2020 | source: Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_the_United_States | |||
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48 | 12.7 | All billionaires | total wealth | Total combined wealth of all the world's 2,668 billionaires | hoarding | 2022 | source: Forbes | https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2022/04/05/forbes-36th-annual-worlds-billionaires-list-facts-and-figures-2022/ | |
49 | 2.0 | -China's | $2 Trillion total wealth of 389 billionaires - including Jack Ma (Alibaba), Zhang Yiming (TikTok), Hui Ka Yan (real estate), Wang Jianlin (real estate), Qing Yingin (pig farming), Qian Ying (pig farming), Larry Xiangdong Chen (GSX Techdu - online tutoring), Ma Huateng (media), He Xiangjian (home appliances), Yang Huiyan (real estate), William Lei Deng (online games) | hoarding | 2022 | source: Forbes | https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2022/04/05/forbes-36th-annual-worlds-billionaires-list-facts-and-figures-2022/ | ||
50 | 4.7 | -America's | Collective wealth of 735 billionaires - including top five: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett and Larry Ellison | hoarding | 2020 | source: Forbes | https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/ | ||
51 | 11.0 | Estimated cost of reparations to black Americans for slavery | helping | 2020 | source: Roosevelt Institute | https://rooseveltinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/RI_Report_ResurrectingthePromiseof40Acres_202005.pdf | |||
52 | 14.1 | Funds de-invested from fossil fuel companies | Almost 1000 institutional investors have collectively pledged to divest this amount from fossil fuels | helping | 2020 | source: Guardian | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/10/fossil-fuel-divestment-funds-rise-to-6tn | ||
53 | 15.0 | Cost of the 2007/08 financial crisis | 2007-2012 | losing | 2012 | source: Wall Street Journal | http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2012/10/01/total-global-losses-from-financial-crisis-15-trillion/ | ||
54 | 15.0 | Coronvirus government bailouts & measures | to date | spending | 2020 | source: Reuters | https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-cenbank-graphic/15-trillion-and-counting-global-stimulus-so-far-idUKKBN22N2EP | ||
55 | 16.5 | For the world to meet Paris climate change targets by 2030 | renewable energy install costs | $16.5tn. 2015. Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy & improving efficiency of appliances & manufacturing, by 2030. | spending | 2015 | source: Bloomberg | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-13/climate-deal-requires-16-5-trillion-investment-to-cut-pollution | |
56 | 17.5 | "Medicare For All" - universal healthcare for everyone in the USA | 10 year estimated cost | helping | 2019 | source: BBC | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/51662741 | ||
57 | 1.8 | -per year | $1.8 Trillion per year | helping | 2019 | source: BBC | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/51662741 | ||
58 | 26.5 | Wealth hidden offshore by the rich | Estimates range from $21-32tn. | hoarding | 2012 | source: Mother Jones | http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/07/super-rich-trillions-offshore-tax-havens | ||
59 | 12.5 | Likely cost of Coronavirus to the world | losing | 2022 | source: Reuters | https://www.reuters.com/business/imf-sees-cost-covid-pandemic-rising-beyond-125-trillion-estimate-2022-01-20/ | |||
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61 | 73.0 | Cost of Global Green Deal to eliminate 99.7% of carbon emissions by 2050 | Stanford study on how 143 nations can reach 100% clean, renewable energy | Would pay for itself over time by energy sales, only requires 0.17% of the 143 countries' total land area for new infrastructure | winning | 2020 | source: Stanford Uni | https://phys.org/news/2019-12-country-green-stanford-paths-countries.html | |
62 | 20.0 | -yearly savings in health & climate costs | 2020 | source: Stanford Uni | https://phys.org/news/2017-08-countries-powered-percent-solar-energy.html | ||||
63 | 84.7 | World GDP | earning | 2020 | source: Google | https://www.google.com/search?q=world+gdp&oq=world+GDP&aqs=chrome.0.0i433i512j0i512l9.1294j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 | |||
64 | 89.0 | Infrastructure investment required before 2030 to keep the world below 2 degrees increase in global temperature | Infrastructure spending required to keep within the internationally agreed limit of a 2 degree celsius temperature increase, by 2030. | spending | 2015 | source: World Bank | http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2015/04/18/raising-trillions-for-climate-finance | ||
65 | 158.0 | Total wealth of the 1% | Anyone with $936,000+ in assets | Cash & assets owned by the richest 1% of people worldwide. | hoarding | 2019 | source: Credit Suisse | https://www.credit-suisse.com/about-us/en/reports-research/global-wealth-report.html | |
66 | 3.0 | Crypto | 2021 | Estimated market value | hoarding | 2022 | source: The Guardian | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/02/nft-sales-hit-12-month-low-after-cryptocurrency-crash?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email\ | |
67 | 1.0 | -in 2022 | $1 trillion in 2022 | hoarding | 2022 | source: The Guardian | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/02/nft-sales-hit-12-month-low-after-cryptocurrency-crash?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email\ | ||
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