More consumption not necessary for human well-being, says UN report

EurActiv ^ | 24 January 2014

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Greater food system efficiency and curbs to the expansion of cropland are necessary to prevent the collapse of global ecosystems, says a report presented today (24 January) by the UN at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The report, by the UN Environment Program’s science think tank the International Resource Panel (IRP), says that policymakers must break the link between greater resource consumption and human well-being.

The authors say that rising demand for food could lead to a 320 to 850 million hectare expansion of global cropland, putting greater strain of the environment’s capacity for regeneration. …

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Yes, and this is their being overt about that now after said declaration.

Consociatio Nationum delenda est.

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Ya. And their laws apply to everyone else and not themselves.