MMC
03-31-2012, 01:17 AM
Leading scientists on Thursday called on the upcoming Rio Summit to grapple with environmental ills that they said pointed to "a humanitarian emergency on a global scale."
"The continuing function of the Earth system as it has supported the wellbeing of human civilisation in recent centuries is at risk," said the statement issued at the "Planet Under Pressure" conference.
"These threats risk intensifying economic, ecological and social crises, creating the potential for a humanitarian emergency on a global scale."
The conference gathered nearly 3,000 environment scientists, economists, business executives and policymakers in the runup to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio.
In a recorded message, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he welcomed the declaration, saying "its timing... could not be better."Ban added that he was considering appointing a scientific board or a chief scientific advisor to advise him and other UN organs.
The conference declaration said humanity's impact on Earth was now so great that a new era -- "the Anthropocene," a term derived from the Greek word for human -- had emerged.....snip~
http://thepoliticalforums.com/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=14
They want to scrap what they call obsessions with GDP as the only benchmark for progress. That governments should consider envirnomental, health, and social factors. Calling it a "Polycentric Approach" for planetary stewardship. Meaning that a diverse partnership between local, national and regional governments that includes buisness and grassroots groups.
Do they need economists at a Scientists Convention?
"The continuing function of the Earth system as it has supported the wellbeing of human civilisation in recent centuries is at risk," said the statement issued at the "Planet Under Pressure" conference.
"These threats risk intensifying economic, ecological and social crises, creating the potential for a humanitarian emergency on a global scale."
The conference gathered nearly 3,000 environment scientists, economists, business executives and policymakers in the runup to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio.
In a recorded message, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he welcomed the declaration, saying "its timing... could not be better."Ban added that he was considering appointing a scientific board or a chief scientific advisor to advise him and other UN organs.
The conference declaration said humanity's impact on Earth was now so great that a new era -- "the Anthropocene," a term derived from the Greek word for human -- had emerged.....snip~
http://thepoliticalforums.com/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=14
They want to scrap what they call obsessions with GDP as the only benchmark for progress. That governments should consider envirnomental, health, and social factors. Calling it a "Polycentric Approach" for planetary stewardship. Meaning that a diverse partnership between local, national and regional governments that includes buisness and grassroots groups.
Do they need economists at a Scientists Convention?