Rio+20 Earth summit: scientists call for action on population

[The Watcher]

Rio+20 Earth summit: scientists call for action on population

Joint report by 105 institutions urges negotiators to drop political inhibitions and confront rising global population and consumption

• Jonathan Watts in Rio de Janeiro
• The Guardian, Wednesday 13 June 2012

A worker, left, hauls a bag of charcoal produced from illegally harvested Amazon rainforest wood onto a truck in Rondon do Para, Brazil. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images



The Rio+20 Earth summit must take decisive action on population and consumption regardless of political taboos or it will struggle to tackle the alarming decline of the global environment, the world's leading scientific academies warned on Thursday.


Rich countries need to reduce or radically transform unsustainable lifestyles, while greater efforts should be made to provide contraception to those who want it in the developing world, the coalition of 105 institutions, including the Royal Society, urged in a joint report.
It's a wake-up call for negotiators meeting in Rio for the UN conference on sustainable development.


The authors point out that while the Rio summit aims to reduce poverty and reverse the degradation of the environment, it barely mentions the two solutions that could ease pressure on increasingly scarce resources.


More:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...on-consumption

[Pastor Guest]

I guess we need to overcome our inhibitions about killing people.

Save the Earth! We need to eliminate all but 500 million people,
( See Wired.com http://www.wired.com/science/discove...urrentPage=all )
because if we don't, people will die!


http://stepstowardthemark.com

[jimmythebee]

I guess we need to overcome our inhibitions about killing people.

Save the Earth! We need to eliminate all but 500 million people,
( See Wired.com http://www.wired.com/science/discove...urrentPage=all )
because if we don't, people will die!


http://stepstowardthemark.com

the world wide depression is coming along nicely,maybe TPTB will get their wish.
one solution would be subsistence farms of a few acres for extended family units,but that would give land ownership to the peasants,and that is a definite no-no.
war and starvation is on the way,after all,the mega-rich of the world must win their game of Monopoly,it's what they live for.

[orion commander]

the world wide depression is coming along nicely,maybe TPTB will get their wish.
one solution would be subsistence farms of a few acres for extended family units,but that would give land ownership to the peasants,and that is a definite no-no.
war and starvation is on the way,after all,the mega-rich of the world must win their game of Monopoly,it's what they live for.

He who dies with the most toys wins. Unfortunately You are still dead.

[Lady Liberty]

I guess we need to overcome our inhibitions about killing people.

In this country, a good start would be refusing to finance irresponsible childbearing. No more welfare for illegal immigrants and those unable to bear financial responsibility for the children they bring into the world. The current system fosters irresponsibility and dependence on handouts.

[awesome1]

In this country, a good start would be refusing to finance irresponsible childbearing. No more welfare for illegal immigrants and those unable to bear financial responsibility for the children they bring into the world. The current system fosters irresponsibility and dependence on handouts.

And that was the plan. Now they have millions of votes bought and paid for with handouts. That gravy train isnt going to stop until the system crashes.

[bw]

I guess we need to overcome our inhibitions about killing people.

No, we need to figure out how to make birth control acceptable to Bible thumpers.

[Matt5-7]

China has been on board with their plan for quite a while.

"Whatever the price of the Chinese Revolution, it has obviously succeeded not only in producing more efficient and dedicated administration, but also in fostering high morale and community of purpose. The social experiment in China under Chairman Maos leadership is one of the most important and successful in human history."
-David Rockefeller-




Killing the unborn at levels that are unimaginable.

[Wilbur]

I think all of these "scientists" should lead by example.

They should all gather together and commit mass suicide to show the world that they are serious about overpopulation.

[Lenno]

I guess we need to overcome our inhibitions about killing people.

The Moo Slims have an APP for that