With the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development going on right now, we decided to focus this week’s edition of the DataFacts newsletter around the themes that will be covered at the conference. It was not surprising at all that there was an abundance of fantastic infographics on the various themes. While I was unable to use them all in our newsletter, I thought that I’d share the ones that we couldn’t squeeze in with you here. This list is by no means a complete list of all the infographics available on sustainable development, but they are some of the best ones that we came across during our research. As always, I am fascinated by the data that is in the infographics. I learn many new things every week and this week is no exception. Some learnings that didn’t make the newsletter are:

• 17 million barrels of oil are used in the production of bottled water – enough to fuel 1 million cars for a year
• In 2009, the solar industry generated 38.5 billion globally
• All the computer servers worldwide use more electricity then the entire demand of France – about half of this energy goes to waste
• Having a white roof (opposed to a black one) could save you up to 40% on your electric bill as it reflects 85% of sunlight to keep your home cooler
• 1% of energy used to make a car can manufacture a bicycle
• Over half of all farmers in the developing world are women
• Europeans waste 20% of their food each year totalling 90 million tonnes = 179kg per person
• In the US, 7 billion gallons of water is leaked everyday due to inadequate infrastructure
• 90% of the big fish are gone (including tuna, swordfish and sharks)

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-Sarah