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social and economic life on the planet, overconsumption could be characterized as a meta-driver of risk. However, as with other risk drivers, overconsumption is also permeated with and characterized by social and territorial inequality. As the example of Vunidogolo highlights, many of the disaster risks associated with the overconsumption of energy and natural capital are not borne directly by those who benefit from the wealth generated, but are instead transferred to other

sectors and geographies. Furthermore, breaching the planetary boundaries then becomes another driver of risk inequality by redistributing disaster risks and the associated losses and impacts.

Many economically successful countries have already exceeded their own biocapacity and have then become dependent on importing biocapacity from other countries (Figure 12.5).

Table 12.1 Value loss of crops, land and employment from drought in the Syrian Arab Republic

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Erian et al., 2014

Erian, Wadid, Bassem Katlan, Naji Assad and Sanaa Ibrahim. 2014,Effects of Drought and Land Degradation on Crop Losses in Africa and the Arab Region with Special Case Study on: drought and conflict in Syria, Background Paper prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Geneva, Switzerland: UNISDR..
Click here to view this GAR paper.

Figure 12.5 The ecological wealth of nations

(Source: Global Footprint Network, 2013.)

	235 social and economic life on the planet, overconsumption could be characterized as a meta-driver of risk. However, as with other risk drivers, overconsumption is also permeated with and characterized by social and territorial inequality. As the example of Vunidogolo highlights, many of the disaster risks associated with the overconsumption of energy and natural capital are not borne directly by those who benefit from the wealth generated, but are instead transferred to other sectors and geographies. Furthermore, breaching the planetary boundaries then becomes another driver of risk inequality by redistributing disaster risks and the associated losses and impacts. Many economically successful countries have already exceeded their own biocapacity and have then become dependent on importing biocapacity from other countries (Figure 12.5). Table 12.1 Value loss of crops, land and employment from drought in the Syrian Arab Republic (Source: Erian et al., 2014 x Erian, Wadid, Bassem Katlan, Naji Assad and Sanaa Ibrahim. 2014,Effects of Drought and Land Degradation on Crop Losses in Africa and the Arab Region with Special Case Study on: drought and conflict in Syria, Background Paper prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Geneva, Switzerland: UNISDR.. Click here to view this GAR paper. .) Figure 12.5 The ecological wealth of nations (Source: Global Footprint Network, 2013.)	Page 1 Page 10 Page 20 Page 30 Page 40 Page 50 Page 60 Page 70 Page 80 Page 90 Page 100 Page 110 Page 120 Page 130 Page 140 Page 150 Page 160 Page 170 Page 180 Page 190 Page 200 Page 210 Page 220 Page 225 Page 226 Page 227 Page 228 Page 229 Page 230 Page 231 Page 232 Page 233 Page 234 Page 235 Page 236 ->Page 237 Page 238 Page 239 Page 240 Page 241 Page 242 Page 243 Page 244 Page 245 Page 246 Page 247 Page 248 Page 249 Page 250 Page 260 Page 270 Page 280 Page 290 Page 300 Page 310