Can we acknowledge that the new environmental risks that our prosperity has created are serious and must be dealt with, while acknowledging that they are unlikely to result in
the end of human civilization?
Barton Paul Levenson has forecast
the end of human civilization by 2050 due to AGW.
Maybe he should focus on his actual day job and keep
the end of human civilization as his hobby.
But, when
the end of human civilization is your day job, trust no - one.
Climate researchers and activists, according to a 2015 Esquire feature, «When
the End of Human Civilization is Your Day Job,» suffer from depression and PTSD - like symptoms.
And thus it would have meant
the end of human civilization and essentially all modern mammalian — including human — life on essentially almost all the planet, since modern mammals can not survive with typical summertime afternoon heat indexes around 200 degrees F or have viable populations at even just 150 degrees F without suitable microenvironments to retreat into.)
What,
the end of human civilization isn't enough, they have to throw in a wildly unnecessary subplot about a sad child?
Perhaps learning from the excesses of Happy Feet, the creative minds behind this film make every effort to keep the action and tone light and frothy, even when dealing with such serious issues as bee cruelty and the potential
end of human civilization without the important floral pollination process that bees provide.
Not exact matches
So soon as the
human race reaches the level
of shared appreciation, ordered and agreed convictions as to
ends or aims to be sought after and if possible achieved, and a pattern
of common life in which the mutuality and sharing known at the personal level can be broadened in more or less formal communal patterns, we can speak
of the appearance
of civilization.
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Many articles and blog posts argue that self - publishing will be the
end of the publishing industry, no, the demise
of Literature, if not the utter destruction
of Human Civilization and All Life on Earth.
The storyline was simple enough; another post-apocalyptic survival horror set at the
end of civilization where the remaining
humans are trying to survive in a harsh, bitter world.
Based on the idea
of the never -
ending desire
of human civilizations to fight for survival, and on riots as instrument for social redemption, the exhibition presents a reverted climax in which proceeding upwards corresponds to a rarefaction
of the works and their materiality.
So the
end of oil, for example, doesn't mean the
end of energy use or necessarily,
of human civilization.
The World Bank notes that absent any policy changes, the global average temperature could be 9 degrees Fahrenheit warmer by the
end of this century, well above what
human civilization has ever witnessed.
It is the other
end of the scale — the long tail — that is particularly problematic, however, because it portends climate effects
of increasing CO2 that will persist far longer than the current history
of human civilization.
A new study confirms that carbon pollution has
ended the era
of the stable climate conditions that enabled the development
of modern
civilization High levels
of carbon pollution have caused global temperatures to rise above the slow - changing, relatively stable conditions that existed «when
humans were figuring out where the climate — and rivers and sea levels — were most suited for living and farming.»
Just in the last 650,000 years there have been seven cycles
of glacial advance and retreat, with the abrupt
end of the last ice age about 7,000 years ago marking the beginning
of the modern climate era — and
of human civilization.
Here, we argue that the twentieth and twenty - first centuries, a period during which the overwhelming majority
of human - caused carbon emissions are likely to occur, need to be placed into a long - term context that includes the past 20 millennia, when the last Ice Age
ended and
human civilization developed, and the next ten millennia, over which time the projected impacts
of anthropogenic climate change will grow and persist.
Basically everything that we think
of as «modern
human civilization» — permanent agriculture, continuously occupied cities, free WiFi — has emerged since the last ice age
ended roughly 11,000 years ago.
But the idea that peak oil would
end human civilization which endured for ten thousand years and laid the foundations
of all modern science before
humans ever burned a drop
of oil is absurd.
Argues that the twentieth and twenty - first centuries, a period during which the overwhelming majority
of human - caused carbon emissions are likely to occur, need to be placed into a long - term context that includes the past 20 millennia, when the last Ice Age
ended and
human civilization developed, and the next ten millennia, over which time the projected impacts
of anthropogenic climate change will grow and persist
The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles
of the Charter
of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment
of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right
of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness
of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage
of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority
of peoples or individuals on the basis
of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise
of their rights, should be free from discrimination
of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result
of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession
of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights
of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights
of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an
end all forms
of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management
of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution
of the demilitarization
of the lands and territories
of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples
of the world, Recognizing in particular the right
of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being
of their children, consistent with the rights
of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters
of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter
of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme
of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance
of the right to self - determination
of all peoples, by virtue
of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition
of the rights
of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles
of justice, democracy, respect for
human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to
human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,