Millennia pass and our population numbers soar. ... Disease as "nature's" population correction, rapid die-off from famine, disease, etc. are now an insufficient correction of over-population. these forms of die-off are not very efficient or effective in the long run. That is to say, human populations respond to stresses of this nature with remarkable resilience. ... The U.S., with only 4% of the world's population, creates 25% of its greenhouse gases. ... In 1992 he was the chief US negotiator on the United Nations' Framework Convention on Climate Change, which was signed a...

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Due to the political activism of Republicans attempting to exploit false ideology or feign ignorance over the presence of climate change, it is impossible to convince the global population of the imminent threat. ... Although Johnson had suggested change in dealings with the environment, it was not until the 1992 Rio Earth Summit attended by presidents, prime-ministers, and heads of state from around the world that put global warming on the political agenda. ... Currently, Democratic politicians rely heavily on states (mainly along the East and West coast) where a diverse and urbanized popul...

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Consumers in high-income countries "about 16 percent of the world's population "accounted for 80 percent of the money spent on private consumption in 1997. By contrast, purchases by consumers in low-income nations "the poorest 35 percent of the world's population "represented less than 2 percent of all private consumption. ... Global Political processes: The international community began attempts to address climate change in 1992 with the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). ...

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Consumers in high-income countries "about 16 percent of the world's population "accounted for 80 percent of the money spent on private consumption in 1997. By contrast, purchases by consumers in low-income nations "the poorest 35 percent of the world's population "represented less than 2 percent of all private consumption. ... Global Political processes: The international community began attempts to address climate change in 1992 with the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). ...

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Lingering questions of the Earth Summit, held shortly after the end of the Cold War in Rio, June 1992, still persist as a result of discord and reluctance among nations. ... About 40 percent of the world's population still depends on conventional forms of fuels such as dung or wood, which is known to produce the largest amount of toxic elements. ... It is reported that Los Angeles, one of the world's most industrialized cities, reduced the amount of pollutants in the air by half during last 25 years while the city's population growth has doubled. ...

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He also paid attention to the size o the population, the availability of natural resources and the total area of fertile land. ... World attention on sustainable development peaked at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development, in Rio de Janeiro. ...

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Until human populations soared and began burning fossil fuels, greenhouse gases remained in relative balance. ... Hansen's prediction was correct, "atmospheric aerosols from Mount Pinatubo had a cooling effect during 1992 and 1993. ...

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GLOBAL WARMING Humanity is conducting an unintended, uncontrolled, globally pervasive experiment whose ultimate consequences could be second only to nuclear war. Fossil fuel burning, deforestation, and the release of industrial chemicals are rapidly heating the Earth to temperatures not experie...

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