Over 500 vidensskabsfolk fra hele kloden har netop udsendt en samlet erklæring, hvor de advarer om, at planeten er meget nær ‘the tipping point’ for, hvad den kan kapere. Beviserne for, at klodens befolkning er ved at underminere dets eget eksistensgrundlag, er overvældende, lyder det.
520 vidensskabsfolk går nu ud med en samlet erklæring, der advarer om, at den omfattende ødelæggelse af klodens natur og miljø kan ende med at svække livskvaliteten betragteligt i 2050.
“By the time today’s children reach middle age, it is extremely likely that Earth’s life-support systems, critical for human prosperity and existence, will be irretrievably damaged by the magnitude, global extent, and combination of these human-caused environmental stressors, unless we take immediate actions to ensure a sustainable, high-quality future,” lyder det i erklæringen.
Her oplistes det også, at især fem områder giver anledning til bekymring:
1) Climate disruption
2) Extinctions
3) Wholesale loss of diverse ecosystems
4) Pollution
5) Human population growth and consumption patterns
“As members of the scientific community actively involved in assessing the biological and societal impacts of global change, we are sounding this alarm to the world. For humanity’s continued health and prosperity, we all – individuals, businesses, political leaders, religious leaders, scientist, and people in every walk of life – must work hard to solve these five global problems,” skriver de 520 vidensskabsfolk, der blandt andre tæller den danske biodiversitetsforsker Carsten Rahbek.
Læs erklæringen her:
http://mahb.stanford.edu/consensus-statement-from-global-scientists/
