Thursday, June 14, 2012

Scientists urge Rio action on population and consumption

BusinessGreen: More than 100 scientific academies from around the world have today urged world leaders to use next week's Rio +20 Earth Summit to take tangible steps to address unsustainable population growth and patterns of consumption, warning that "a failure to act will put us on track to alternative futures with severe and potentially catastrophic implications for human well-being". The group, which includes the UK's Royal Society and many of its equivalent institutions around the world, issued a joint statement...

URL: http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2184265/scientists-urge-rio-action-population-consumption?WT.rss_f=Home&WT.rss_a=Scientists+urge+Rio+action+on+population+and+consumption
Enclosure: http://www.interacademies.net/File.aspx?id=19193

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