STWR - Share The World's Resources

Mounting evidence suggests we are nearing peak oil production, yet the global economy remains dependent on increasing energy use. The very infrastructure of modern civilisation may be on the cusp of fast and near-term structural collapse, warns a report by Feasta.

Thanks to new funding mechanisms, forest lands are becoming bargaining chips in carbon markets and global climate negotiations. Can the new era of forest governance be locally led and rights based or will business interests continue to dominate? Report by the Rights and Resources Initiative.

As world leaders enter into final negotiations ahead of the Copenhagen climate talks, almost a quarter of the global population lives without electricity. The energy needs of poor countries must be central to any new climate agreement, says a report by the United Nations.

Governments and multilateral agencies have failed to acknowledge the imminence and scale of the global oil supply crunch. There is an urgent need for international recognition of the threat oil dependency poses to global peace and the environment, warns a report by Global Witness.

Economic growth, population increases and climate change are all contributing to stress on the world's water resources. By 2030, nearly fifty percent of the world population will be living under high-water stress, and 5 billion may be without water sanitation, according to a report by UNESCO.

A swelling global population, changing diets and mankind's expanding “water footprint” could be bringing an end to the era of cheap water, according to The World's Water 2008-2009 report by the Pacific Institute.

The privatisation of the world's natural resources leaves us 'awash with capital but literally running out of nature'. Now, we need a counter narrative to legally protect our global commons, and share our most essential resources, argues a new report by Maude Barlow.