Humanity's environmental impact has reached an unprecedented scope, and it's getting worse

The Earth cannot support the demands humanity is placing on it, according to the United Nations Environmental Program

October 26, 2007

Since 1987 annual emissions of carbon dioxide—the leading greenhouse gas warming the globe—have risen by a third, global fishing yields have declined by 10.6 million metric tons and the amount of land required to sustain humanity has swelled to more than 54 acres (22 hectares) per person.

Yet, Earth can provide only roughly 39 acres (15 hectares) for every person living today, according to the United Nation's Environmental Program's (UNEP) Global Environment Outlook, released this week. "There are no major issues," the report's authors write of the period since their first report in 1987, "for which the foreseeable trends are favorable."....

Source: The World Is Not Enough for Humans

Link: Al Gore Should Add Go Vegetarian to Global Warming Pledge


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