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Crakka



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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 9:40 pm    Post Subject: UN Warns of “A Major Planetary Catastrophe”  

Here we go then...

UN Warns of “A Major Planetary Catastrophe”
Published on July 9, 2011 by Nenad

Humanity is close to breaching the sustainability of Earth, and needs a technological revolution greater - and faster - than the industrial revolution to avoid “a major planetary catastrophe,” according to a new United Nations report. The world is facing exploding population, an energy crisis, global climate change, increasingly destructive natural disasters and increasing starvation.



Major investments will be needed worldwide in the developing and scaling up of clean energy technologies, sustainable farming and forestry techniques, climate-proofing of infrastructure, and in technologies reducing non-biological degradable waste production, according to The World Economic and Social Survey 2011: The Great Green Technological Transformation, published today by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).

“It is rapidly expanding energy use, mainly driven by fossil fuels, that explains why humanity is on the verge of breaching planetary sustainability boundaries through global warming, biodiversity loss, and disturbance of the nitrogen-cycle balance and other measures of the sustainability of the earth’s ecosystem,” the report says. “A comprehensive global energy transition is urgently needed in order to avert a major planetary catastrophe.”



The survey says $1.9 trillion per year will be needed over the next 40 years for incremental investments in green technologies. At least $1.1 trillion of that will need to be made in developing countries to meet increasing food and energy demands.

“Technological transformation, greater in scale and achievable within a much shorter time frame than the first industrial revolution, is required,” it says. “The necessary set of new technologies must enable today’s poor to attain decent living standards, while reducing emissions and waste and ending the unrestrained drawdown of the Earth’s non-renewable resources.”

“Staging a new technological revolution at a faster pace and on a global scale will call for proactive government intervention and greater international cooperation. Sweeping technological change will require sweeping societal transformation, with changed settlement and consumption patterns and better social values,” it adds.

In the preface to the report, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon writes that “rather than viewing growth and sustainability as competing goals on a collision course, we must see them as complementary and mutually supportive imperatives. This becomes possible when we embrace a low-carbon, resource-efficient, pro-poor economic model.”

The survey concludes: “Business as usual is not an option. An attempt to overcome world poverty through income growth generated by existing ‘brown technologies’ would exceed the limits of environmental sustainability.”



According to the report, global sustainable energy transition needs to be achieved within four decades, a significantly faster rate than in the past.

Global sustainable energy policy must take into special consideration the 3 billion poor people who aspire to gaining access to electricity and modern energy services.

The scope of current national and global policies and programs does not “add up” to the scale of actions needed to meet global emission reduction targets. Paradoxically, they are also overly ambitious in terms of their expected outcomes and are inconsiderate of certain biophysical, techno-economic and socio-political limits to scaling up known technologies. A reality check of current plans is needed so that realistic and well-targeted initiatives can be devised at a far greater scale.

There is a need for comprehensive, strategic and systemic approaches that emphasize performance goals, niche markets and technology portfolios, especially those related to end-use. In order to take pressure off the technological innovation imperative, individual limits of 70 gigajoules (GJ) primary energy use per capita and 3 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita by 2050 may need to be considered. Such energy-use and emissions caps would not affect the development related aspirations of developing countries.

The sustainable energy transition offers significant economic opportunities for both developed and emerging market economies, but poses additional development challenges for poorer and more vulnerable countries, which would therefore require enhanced support from the international community.



To meet both the objectives of conquering poverty and protecting the environment, the World Economic and Social Survey 2011 calls for a complete transformation of technology on which human economic activity is based.

The “great green technological transformation” that the Survey champions will have to be completed in the next 30 to 40 years, that is, twice as fast as it took to accomplish previous major technological transitions. Because of the limited time frame, Governments will need to play a much more active and stimulating role to accelerate the green energy transformation. The Survey details new policy directions and major investments in developing and scaling up clean energy technologies, sustainable farming and forestry techniques, climate proofing of infrastructure and reducing non-bio-degradable waste production.

There are 22 countries regarded as facing a “protracted food security crisis” are home to over 165 million undernourished people (about 20 per cent of the world’s total). The proportion of undernourished people ranges from under 15 per cent in Cote d’Ivoire to almost 70 per cent in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2010a).



The report comes out yearly. Last year’s survey called for a major overhaul of the machinery for international finance, aid and trade.

While humankind has made enormous progress in improving material welfare over the past two centuries, this progress has come at the lasting cost of degradation of our natural environment. About half of the forests that covered the earth are gone, groundwater resources are being depleted and contaminated, enormous reductions in biodiversity have already taken place and, through increased burning of fossil fuels, the stability of the planet’s climate is being threatened by global warming. In order for populations in developing countries to achieve a decent living standard, especially the billions who currently still live in conditions of abject poverty, and the additional 2 billion people who will have been added to the world’s population by mid-century - much greater economic progress will be needed.

Continuation along previously trodden economic growth pathways will further exacerbate the pressures exerted on the world’s resources and natural environment, which would approach limits where livelihoods were no longer sustainable. Business as usual is thus not an option. Yet, even if we stop global engines of growth now, the depletion and pollution of our natural environment would still continue because of existing consumption patterns and production methods. Hence, there is an urgent need to find new development pathways which would ensure environmental sustainability and reverse ecological destruction, while managing to provide, now and in the future, a decent livelihood for all of humankind.

Source: United Nations

www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/wess/wess_current/2011wess.pdf

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Nenad’s comment:

The solution is World War 3, so that we can get rid of 85% of the world population to save the planet.


Source - http://truthfrequencynews.com/?p=6380
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Niksta



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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:18 pm    Post Subject:  

But but but but , whenever I go into town , I see lots and lots and lots of humans having babies????? :shock:
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Crakka



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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:10 pm    Post Subject:  

Hehe! I heard a news snippet on bFM the other day about how fertility across the globe had been increasing slightly until only very recently (REALLY???!!!) and that now "the latest research" had discovered that fertility had taken a sharp downturn! They said the probable main reason was the downturn in global economies and people thinking twice about having kids!!!!!!!!!!! REALLY???!!! Gee, I wonder why all the poorest nations in the world have always been the ones where the most babies are/were being born then? Such a friggin' bogus news article it wasn't (or maybe it was to me) funny! No mention of any other factors like Bisphenol A, spermicide found in vaccinations, gender bending chemicals in all toiletries (geez I hate that word - shampoo, deodorants, makeup, aftershave..) etc, etc - I wonder why not? :roll:

Anyways, looks like the UN's just doing what it was put there to do und you vill either luv it or die, JAWUHL!!!
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Niksta



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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:04 pm    Post Subject:  

Even the seasoned researcher can get caught up with what appears to be conflicting information, and there is a huge swathe of - population killing off messages, either from UN, AJ, Georgia guidestones or whoever.
This is to me along side - Keep the precious human alive no matter the cost or the hassle, every sperm is sacred., increased lifespan and genuine life saving activities like what someone close to me has had.

If there IS an obvious picture without conflict it is to have a population;
Dumb
Dependant
Drugged
Despairing and in fear.

Not to say the "kill all the humans and save the planet" message isn't everywhere, but it just feels weird to me personally to say that it's clear cut black n white.
After all, given the technology, the length and breadth of the knowledge of the boogey boys, if they wanted the said number pushing up daisies, why not do it already?
WW3 Sure, why wait?

Just my $0.2

:roll:
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Crakka



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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:07 am    Post Subject:  

Oh hey I'm with ya bigtime :wink: Personally this to me is just more Problem/Reaction/Solution stuff similar to what most regular TV-watchers would be getting uploaded with everyday to be sure!

Large populations of people will probably always be needed - even if it's simply to be stacked up in great collections of cells and used as a power source one day 8)
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schadow2012



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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:51 am    Post Subject:  

yeah pondering niksta and crakkka's comments (funny cos georgia stones popped into my head reading UN stuff) but anyway i am wondering if "they" want to get rid of us just do it man ....... hhhmm maybe there is no agenda and we are causing our own paranoia? but then are we really here ........... god too early for this lol :oops:
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steve clougher



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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 12:17 pm    Post Subject:  

What they have to organize is an us and them situation that won't crumble
Quite a big ask
Thus the drive for standardization and simplification
Reduce all culture to industrial McPap
Create divisions based on race and class, which can be set up to last a long time
Not an easy job
They have to dehumanise us quite a lot more yet
They'll never do it
Making a mess trying, but.
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Niksta



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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:00 pm    Post Subject:  

Quote:
maybe there is no agenda and we are causing our own paranoia? but then are we really here

Good on ya schadow, if you ain't questioning reality regularly, the rot sets in.
But don't worry about a conclusion / answer / correct world view.
What is - IS.
We see some stuff going on that is without any ambiguity.
Some stuff seems strange.
If it don't make sense, it's either we don't have all the available data, or we ain't on the mountain tops, and can't see into the valley.
Look at this thing with DonKey and Mossad .. I mean wtf?
Huke Ears, one things for sure One Network News ain't gonna give us reality. :wink:

We all should understand what is truly meant by;
"There is nothing to fear except fear itself"
8)
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Crakka



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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:13 pm    Post Subject:  

Well said!

Random thoughts time...

Another thing to consider, but obviously not "worry" about, is Ray Kurzweil's "Singularity". It's been pushed by these "people" as an inevitability and although they don't as much as say it, appears also to be some kind of "goal". To my way of thinking (which like you guys probably isn't normal by any stretch!) and like so many other things this "singularity" has many different meanings on different levels. Just thought I'd throw that into the mix seeing as steve mentioned standardisation. That Robin Williams movie where he's a robot becoming more & more human and then fighting for his rights in court is a very interesting watch these days (I saw it again recently)!

I watched some TV last night for as long as I could stand it (oh no!). Caught one of those short "news updates" last night that apparently are becoming more and more regular between normal programming now - just 2 quick items together that were repeated during several ad breaks - a devastating tornado hit Waipu and wiped out a guys house, etc "oh how horrible" PLUS there is now a touring exhibition displaying Kite Muddleton's (kiwi accent :D ) wedding dress plus all the wedding trimmings that were used, "oh how wonderful".

So now we have the news, news updates in advertising slots AND ads for the news with random public in the street telling us about the friendly local trustworthy people that are the face of the news. Oh and the guy that says something like "TV, internet, ipod" as in "I can get (bombarded by) my news whenever & wherever 24/7!". I just keep visualising the 1984 movie with John Hurt & Richard Burton and its constant statistical news chatter and screens everywhere with people staring blankly at them. That book, and others, was written with knowledge of what was planned that's for certain :wink:
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Niksta



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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:35 pm    Post Subject:  

Quote:
Kite Muddleton's (kiwi accent )


LOL!!!! :lol:

Yea well HG Wells knew it would be well well well.
You gotta watch your levels of mental health if you are doing dangerous things like watching the hellivision crakka!! :(
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steve clougher



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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:00 pm    Post Subject:  

We don't have TV mainly on account of we don't want our dogs to see what people do to each other.... All those pistols, late at night.......shudder
You never get pistols on the radio
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