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Green decline 'may bring irreversible change'

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BBC News - 06/06/12

With forests and fish stocks declining, water demand rising and lack of action on climate change, humanity's path is anything but sustainable, the UN warns.

The Global Environmental Outlook says significant progress is seen on only four out of 90 environmental goals.

Meanwhile, a team of scientists warns that life on Earth may be on the way to an irreversible "tipping point".

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Link to GEO-5 web site: http://www.unep.org/geo/geo5.asp#
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We've already passed the "irreversible tipping point." Major climate change caused directly by humans is already underway. The sixth major mass-exinction event in Earth's history is already underway. Both are unstoppable.
We must deal with reality or it will deal with us.
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