Posted on 10/26/2023 9:30:17 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
Humanity is on course to transgress multiple global “tipping points” that could lead to irreversible instability or the complete collapse of ecological and institutional systems, a United Nations report warned Wednesday.
The third annual Interconnected Disaster Risks report from the U.N. University’s Institute for Environment and Human Security found that drastic changes will occur if urgent actions are not taken around six moments when sociological systems are no longer able to buffer risks.
The tipping points include several issues that California is confronting head-on — groundwater depletion, rising insurance costs, extreme heat and species extinction. The other threats are melting glaciers and space debris. According to U.N. officials, “when one system tips, other systems may also be pushed over the edge.”
“The very practical consequence will be that much more people will live under very precarious conditions — so loss of life, loss of livelihood and loss of opportunities,” said Zita Sebesvari, deputy director at the U.N. University Institute.
The tipping points are growing increasingly interconnected through global supply chains, trade and communications networks, the report says.
“We are moving perilously close to the brink of multiple risk tipping points,” the report says. The good news is that it is not too late to make changes to avoid or at least delay the worst possible outcomes.
“We and our behaviors are slowly removing pieces one by one from the base, until at some point the system can no longer cope with the growing instability and it collapses,” O’Connor told reporters Wednesday.
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You are questioning the wisdom of the UN? To the reprogramming camps with you!
I looked up the stats on meteorites killing people, and there is not one recorded fatality in modern history. There are claims of them hitting a boat at sea, and some homes, but not deaths. However, there are historical claims going back thousands of years of deaths possibly happening due to meteorites, but they may have happened due to volcanic eruptions throwing debris into the sky (which fell back to Earth). The rocks which injured people were quite heavy, most likely from volcanoes. Of course, back then there were no man-made satellites. Biggest event which may have happened is a celestial body striking Sodom and Gamorrah which wiped those towns out killing thousands.
As for man-made satellites, there is the possibility of a chain-reaction collision taking out many satellites, but the debris is of little concern here on Earth. Space is vast, with much space between particles, so rockets should still be able to go to Outer Space without risk as long as they stay out of low orbit. I wouldn’t want to be a passenger in the existing International Space Station in low orbit (and when it de-orbits much of it will survive burning up to impact the Earth). Maybe if we’re lucky, it’ll impact the U.N. building.
Step 1
Close the UN
some one help me push.................
What ground water depletion, after last winter the ground water in the central valley has been recharged
And why does the UN even have a university
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