... comes from the land compared to a negligible amount which is from oceans and other aquatic habitats. For a sustained production of food, it is imperative to have ample fertile land, fresh water, energy and biodiversity etc.. Demographic growth will necessitate more of these resources. Even if the resources are kept within a "sustainable" limit, they will not suffice on a per ... atmosphere and related greenhouse effect, acid rain and climate change etc. Strategies for the future must be based on the conservation and careful management of land, water, energy, and biological resources need...

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... cut emissions by 50 to 70% just to stabilize the level of these gases in the atmosphere. To do this, industrialized countries need to agree on rapid reductions in emissions. Among other steps, this means shifting from private car use to public transportation, energy conservation, and a shift to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. In the developing countries, vastly ... increased resources are needed to promote renewable energy and to create financial incentives to keep the last great forests intact. Switching to renewable ... energy sources means sound alternatives to coal...

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... and the Precautionary Principle Climate change is not a problem of efficiency as economists would argue. It is much of a problem of value in that it concerns, how we live? What kind of society we want and our relationship with nature. It is possible that our personal values are insufficient to the task of environmental conservation in the sense that what we consider important presupposes ... climate change control (Barrett, Scott. 2003, p.14). The problem of climate change is a problem that would require that we rethink our humanity principles. People should abandon some approaches to th...

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