Thursday, June 7, 2012

UN: Humanity speeding down "unsustainable path"

CBS: A United Nations report warns that the earth's environmental systems "are being pushed towards their biophysical limits" and that sudden, irreversible and potentially catastrophic changes are looming. The UN's Environment Program says that climate change, the depletion of the ozone layer, plummeting fish stocks and the mass extinction of animals are among the most worrisome environmental threats. "The world continues to speed down an unsustainable path despite over 500 internationally agreed...

URL: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57448690/un-humanity-speeding-down-unsustainable-path/
Enclosure: http://www.unep.org/geo/pdfs/geo5/GEO5_report_full_en.pdf

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