Last Thursday, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has published its Global Environment Outlook: Environment for Development (GEO-4).
It indicates that the most serious threats to the planet, including climate change, the rate of extinction of species and the challenge of feeding a growing population are among the many problems that have not been resolved and put humanity at risk.
GEO-4 warns that we are living far beyond our means. The human population is now so large that "the amount of resources required to sustain it exceeds the resources ... humanity's footprint is 21.9 hectares per person while the Earth's biological capacity is, on average, only 15.7 ha / person ... "
" Our common future depends on our actions today, not tomorrow or some time in the future. "
" There were enough warnings since Brundtland. I sincerely hope GEO-4 is the last. The systematic destruction of natural resources has reached a level where the economic viability of economies is being challenged and where the bill we hand to our children may prove impossible to pay "," said Achim Steiner, Assistant Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director.
GEO-4 concludes that if "governments must be in the foreground, the others are equally important for success in achieving sustainable development. We better understand the current challenges and the time has come to act quickly to safeguard our survival and that of future generations. "
For more information:
1. The most serious problems persist on the planet, warns a UN report (UNEP)
2. Fourth Global Environment Outlook (UNEP)
3. Twenty years later, the world still in bad shape, according to UNEP (The World)
Credit: UNEP
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