7b. If we fail to take this line of reasoning seriously, the implications are that global resource extraction will increase 110% by 2060. today's unsustainable patterns of consumption and production are driving the three planetary crises we are currently facing: climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. These three crises threaten the wellbeing and prosperity of all people, and put at risk the food we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink and the materials and resources upon which our societies, economies and nations are built, and upon which our livelihoods, families and communities depend.