http://www.metafilter.com/tags/unep Posts tagged with 'unep' at MetaFilter. Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:23:23 -0800 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:23:23 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/65875/Scientists%2Dare%2Dgetting%2Da%2Dbit%2Dnervous In what it calls "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/26/world/26environ.html?em&ex=1193457600&en=fef25ac53a3f74bc&ei=5087%0A">the final wake-up call to the international community</a>," a UN report (<a href="http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=519&ArticleID=5688&l=en">press release</a>, <a href="http://www.unep.org/geo/geo4/media/index.asp">website</a>, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/15_10_2007_un.pdf">21 MB PDF</a>) warns that damage to the environment is reaching a "<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2739926.ece">point of no return</a>" and now threatens "<a href="http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/Environment/article/270383">humanity's very survival</a>." Oh, c'mon, tell us what you <em>really</em> think. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.65875 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:23:23 -0800 climatechange desertification endangeredspecies environment fish geo globalwarming un unep water salvia