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| ⚫ | In November 2017, 15,364 scientists signed a World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Second Notice written by eight authors calling for, among other things, limiting population growth, and drastically diminishing our per capita consumption of fossil fuels, meat, and other resources.<ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Ripple WJ, Wolf C, Newsome TM, Galetti M, Alamgir M, Crist E, Mahmoud MI, Laurance WF|date=13 November 2017|title=World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice|url=http://scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu/sites/sw/files/Warning_article_with_supp_11-13-17.pdf|journal=[[BioScience]]|volume=|doi=10.1093/biosci/bix125}}</ref> The Second Notice included 9 time-series graphs of key indicators, each correlated to a specific issue mentioned in the original 1992 warning, to show that most environmental issues are continuing to trend in the wrong direction, most with no discernible change in rate. The article included 13 specific steps humanity could take to transition to sustainability. |
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| ⚫ | In late 1992, the late [[Henry W. Kendall]], a former chair of the [[Union of Concerned Scientists]] (UCS) board of directors, wrote '''"World Scientists' Warning to Humanity"''', which begins: "Human beings and the natural world are on a collision course." A majority of the [[Nobel Prize]] laureates in the sciences signed the document;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/ucs-statement.txt |title=Textfile containing the Warning and a list of selected signatories |publisher=stanford.edu |accessdate=2011-08-26}} (Archived by WebCite® at https://www.webcitation.org/61DcmWeQM)</ref> about 1,700 of the world's leading [[scientists]] appended their signature. |
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The Second Notice has more scientist cosigners and formal supporters than any other journal article ever published<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.alternet.org/environment/more-15000-scientists-issue-urgent-warning-humanity-failing-safeguard-planet?akid=16611.1566448.M4gB-B&rd=1&src=newsletter1087283&t=16|title=15,000 Scientists Issue Urgent Warning: Humanity Is Failing to Safeguard the Planet|last=Suzuki|first=David|date=January 6, 2018|work=[[AlterNet]]|access-date=January 15, 2018|location=|authorlink=David Suzuki}}</ref> and was issued by the [http://scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu/ Alliance of World Scientists]. A summary of the warning can be read on their [http://www.scientistswarning.org/warning-to-humanity-second-notice/ outreach website]. The [https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/67/12/1026/4605229 full warning] was published in the prestigious [[BioScience|journal BioScience]]. |
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==History== |
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| ⚫ | However, the [[Heidelberg Appeal]] offers no specific recommendations and is not an indictment of [[environmental science]]: "We fully subscribe to the objectives of a scientific [[ecology]] for a universe whose [[Natural resource|resources]] must be taken stock of, monitored and preserved. But we herewith demand that this stock-taking, monitoring and preservation be founded on scientific criteria and not on irrational pre-conceptions." |
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| ⚫ | In late 1992, the late [[Henry W. Kendall]], a former chair of the [[Union of Concerned Scientists]] (UCS) board of directors, wrote the first warning '''"World Scientists' Warning to Humanity"''', which begins: "Human beings and the natural world are on a collision course." A majority of the [[Nobel Prize]] laureates in the sciences signed the document;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/ucs-statement.txt |title=Textfile containing the Warning and a list of selected signatories |publisher=stanford.edu |accessdate=2011-08-26}} (Archived by WebCite® at https://www.webcitation.org/61DcmWeQM)</ref> about 1,700 of the world's leading [[scientists]] appended their signature. |
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| ⚫ | It was sometimes offered in opposition to the [[Heidelberg Appeal]]—also signed by numerous scientists and Nobel laureates earlier in 1992—which begins by criticizing "an irrational [[ideology]] which is opposed to scientific and [[Industrialisation|industrial progress]], and impedes economic and social development." This document was often cited by those who oppose theories relating to [[climate change]]. |
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| ⚫ | In contrast, the UCS-led [[petition]] contains specific recommendations: "We must, for example, move away from [[fossil fuels]] to more benign, inexhaustible [[energy]] sources to cut [[greenhouse gas]] [[Greenhouse gas#Greenhouse gas emissions|emissions]] and the [[pollution]] of our [[air pollution|air]] and [[water pollution|water]]. ... We must stabilize population." |
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| ⚫ | However, the [[Heidelberg Appeal]] offers no specific recommendations and is not an indictment of [[environmental science]]: "We fully subscribe to the objectives of a scientific [[ecology]] for a universe whose [[Natural resource|resources]] must be taken stock of, monitored and preserved. But we herewith demand that this stock-taking, monitoring and preservation be founded on scientific criteria and not on irrational pre-conceptions." |
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==Second notice== |
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| ⚫ | In November 2017, 15,364 scientists signed a World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Second Notice written by eight authors calling for, among other things, limiting population growth, and drastically diminishing our per capita consumption of fossil fuels, meat, and other resources.<ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Ripple WJ, Wolf C, Newsome TM, Galetti M, Alamgir M, Crist E, Mahmoud MI, Laurance WF|title=World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice |
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| ⚫ | In contrast, the UCS-led [[petition]] contains specific recommendations: "We must, for example, move away from [[fossil fuels]] to more benign, inexhaustible [[energy]] sources to cut [[greenhouse gas]] [[Greenhouse gas#Greenhouse gas emissions|emissions]] and the [[pollution]] of our [[air pollution|air]] and [[water pollution|water]]. ... We must stabilize population." |
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The Second Notice has more scientist cosigners and formal supporters than any other journal article ever published.<ref>{{cite news |last= Suzuki|first=David|authorlink=David Suzuki |date=January 6, 2018 |title=15,000 Scientists Issue Urgent Warning: Humanity Is Failing to Safeguard the Planet|url=https://www.alternet.org/environment/more-15000-scientists-issue-urgent-warning-humanity-failing-safeguard-planet?akid=16611.1566448.M4gB-B&rd=1&src=newsletter1087283&t=16|work=[[AlterNet]] |location= |access-date=January 15, 2018 }}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 10:40, 3 October 2018
In November 2017, 15,364 scientists signed a World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Second Notice written by eight authors calling for, among other things, limiting population growth, and drastically diminishing our per capita consumption of fossil fuels, meat, and other resources.[1] The Second Notice included 9 time-series graphs of key indicators, each correlated to a specific issue mentioned in the original 1992 warning, to show that most environmental issues are continuing to trend in the wrong direction, most with no discernible change in rate. The article included 13 specific steps humanity could take to transition to sustainability.
The Second Notice has more scientist cosigners and formal supporters than any other journal article ever published[2] and was issued by the Alliance of World Scientists. A summary of the warning can be read on their outreach website. The full warning was published in the prestigious journal BioScience.
History
In late 1992, the late
scientists
appended their signature.
It was sometimes offered in opposition to the Heidelberg Appeal—also signed by numerous scientists and Nobel laureates earlier in 1992—which begins by criticizing "an irrational ideology which is opposed to scientific and industrial progress, and impedes economic and social development." This document was often cited by those who oppose theories relating to climate change.
However, the Heidelberg Appeal offers no specific recommendations and is not an indictment of environmental science: "We fully subscribe to the objectives of a scientific ecology for a universe whose resources must be taken stock of, monitored and preserved. But we herewith demand that this stock-taking, monitoring and preservation be founded on scientific criteria and not on irrational pre-conceptions."
In contrast, the UCS-led
fossil fuels to more benign, inexhaustible energy sources to cut greenhouse gas emissions and the pollution of our air and water
. ... We must stabilize population."
See also
- Anthropocene
- Global warming
- Holocene extinction
- Human impact on the environment
- Human overpopulation
- Overconsumption
References
- .
- ^ Suzuki, David (January 6, 2018). "15,000 Scientists Issue Urgent Warning: Humanity Is Failing to Safeguard the Planet". AlterNet. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "Textfile containing the Warning and a list of selected signatories". stanford.edu. Retrieved 2011-08-26. (Archived by WebCite® at https://www.webcitation.org/61DcmWeQM)
External links
- World Scientists' Warning to Humanity (1992)
- Our Best Point the Way (2001)
