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NAIROBI: Global exploitation of natural resources – from water, sand and timber to oil, coal and gemstones – has more than tripled in 50 years, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning of devastating environmental impacts unless demand is reduced.
Surging consumption of natural resources – 92 billion tonnes in 2017 – accounts for half of the world’s planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions and over 90 per cent of the world’s biodiversity loss, the Global Resources Outlook 2019 found.
If resource use doubles by 2060, as predicted based on current trends, a further 10 per cent of forests and 20 per cent of habitats, such as grasslands, will disappear, it said.
“The Global Resources Outlook shows that we are ploughing through this planet’s finite resources as if there is no tomorrow, causing climate change and biodiversity loss along the way,” said Joyce Msyua, acting head of UN Environment.
“Frankly, there will be no tomorrow for many people unless we stop,” said Mysua of the agency formerly known as the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
The findings were released at the UN Environment Assembly, a five-day summit where ministers plan to commit to create a more sustainable planet – from reducing food waste and plastic pollution to developing technologies to combat climate change.
Experts said they were surprised by the heavy contribution resource extraction was making to climate change and warned that carbon emissions could increase by about 40 per cent by 2060 if the business-as-usual scenario continued.
Without more responsible, efficient natural resource management, they said, achieving global targets on climate change like the Paris Agreement and or Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on protecting biodiversity would be difficult.
The Paris climate agreement, adopted by almost 200 nations in 2015, set a goal of limiting warming to “well below” a rise of 2 degrees Celcius above pre-industrial times.
“These are tremendously high numbers,” said Stefanie Hellwerg, one author of the report by the UN’s International Resource Panel, which monitors global natural resource flows.
Experts called for increased regulation on resource extraction and more investment to develop alternatives.
“We need to develop innovative solutions on how to make the same products with less natural resources or through replacing them with different materials,” said Bruno Oberle, one of the report’s authors.
Thomas Fleming once noted that he was struck, while reading about the American right prior to the Cold War, that there was a certain "admirable diversity and freedom of discussion" (to use Murray Rothbard’s words) on the American right, and that there was no person or publication demanding adherence to a party line or ...
Having degenerated into the Republican Party’s inter-office memo five minutes after becoming "respectable," National Review left the independent intellectuals of the American right (i.e., people not paid by think tanks to dream up tortured rationalizations for whatever the Republican party deems a good idea) to fend fo...
In his recent book Revolt From the Heartland, paleoconservative Joseph Scotchie compiles a historical account of paleoconservatism (one faction of the excommunicated right) that takes us from the intellectual seeds of the movement in the Old Right to the modern paleoconservative movement that took up the cause of the "...
Nevertheless, the job of the intellectual historian is an important one because it gives legitimacy to a movement and organizes the various (sometimes conflicting voices) within a movement and illustrates that they are not just a handful of cranks crying out in the desert, but an actual current in intellectual activity...
This is Scotchie’s second book that aims at explaining paleoconservatism, but while The Paleoconservatives: New Voices of the Old Right was a collection of essays by various paleocons, Revolt from the Heartland is a historical account that puts the work of paleoconservatives into historical, political, and intellectual...
While I do not believe that this is a life-altering book, there is no indication that Scotchie believes that it is either. It is mostly a beginner’s guide of sorts, but one that the paleoconservatives have needed for a long time. The first thing that will strike the reader about this book is its length — a mere 115 pag...
Scotchie spends most of the book concentrating on the central issues of immigration, foreign policy, decentralized government, and free trade, for it is these issues that define the paleoconservatives movement as movement against neoconservatism, while also providing insight into the sometimes strained, yet mostly civi...
Rothbard, who had friendly relations with Thomas Fleming, Paul Gottfried, and other paleos, wrote often on why libertarians should be sympathetic to the paleoconservative agenda, and while reading Scotchie’s book it is easy to see why. Except on the issue of free trade, paleoconservatives are virtually always trying to...
On the immigration issue, for example, Mises was clear that when dealing with modern social democratic states, open borders amount to little more than an expansion of the welfare state since the policy will inevitably end up expanding redistributive benefits not only more freely within the territory of a given state, b...
The antiwar record of the paleocons since the end of the Cold War is also impressive. In the early 1990s, paleoconservatives publications were virtually the only publications on the right that dared to oppose the messianic visions of the neoconservatives who were salivating over the possibility of bringing American-sty...
The decentralization issue is where libertarians should have the most in common with paleoconservatives, yet it is also where they could have the most to learn. Paleoconservatives have long understood that the only way to do away with allegiance to the huge modern state is to replace it with allegiance to something els...
Unfortunately, many libertarians have insisted that, even in the real world, all forms of public authority are equally corrupt and illegitimate, and they have thus set up a false choice between supporting either all forms or none at all. Theoretically, this claim tells us that the local school board is as big a threat ...
Scotchie rightly identifies the free trade issue as the biggest sore spot in the paleoconservatives-libertarian alliance. According to Scotchie, in the early 1990s "Rothbard tolerated [Pat] Buchanan’s apostasy on free trade," declaring that "any man is due one failing." Scotchie credits Rothbard with the success of the...
Scotchie does little to solve some of the problems of philosophical incoherence that remain among paleoconservatives. For example, Scotchie, like many paleos, speaks highly of American annexation of large parts of North America during the nineteenth century, yet fails to make any distinction between American imperialis...
And then, of course, there is always the issue of free trade. The paleoconservatives have shown remarkable insights into historical and cultural matters, but have shown precious little insight in economic matters. The benefits of free trade have been examined often in this publication, so there is little need to rehash...
Even after these little differences are examined, however, it is clear that many of the philosophical differences between libertarians and paleoconservatives do not necessarily translate into very significant differences in real world public policy preferences. Paleoconservatives and libertarians alike can all agree th...
Unfortunately, the library of good books on the history of the American right remains small. Revolt From the Heartland is an excellent introduction to this history, and is a quick read that will provide the reader with much knowledge that is simply ignored or disparaged by other historians of the American right. Revolt...
Ryan W. McMaken is the editor of Mises Daily and The Austrian. Send him mail.
US military intentions in Syria have never been exactly transparent, but are becoming ever less so, as Pentagon officials loudly declare ISIS to have been “defeated” in the country, but insist that they intend to remain.
This is a potential major legal issue, because Syria never authorized the US invasion in the first place. US officials always presented the authorization as being UN resolutions supporting the fight against ISIS, but that would no longer apply.
Moreover, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has pointed out that Secretary of State Tillerson has repeatedly assured him that the “only” US goal in Syria is to fight ISIS. This is adding to Russian concerns about what the US is actually planning on doing next.
Secretary of Defense James Mattis is trying to present this as keeping “ISIS 2.0” from coming into existence. While this is also the pretext for staying in Iraq, there is a major difference between a permanent deployment in Iraq that the US-backed government there supports, and trying to stay in Syria forever despite e...
Uncle Schmuel is staying in Syria to keep the country weak and divided. Once again the USA is doing Israel’s work.
who would ever believe that the USA was fighting against ISIS when CIA/Mossad has been training, arming, and giving them logistical support for years. If you don’t believe me, just picture John McCain schmoozing with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi back in 2015. The Russians certainly know it, and that’s why the USA (and Israel) ...
The NWO , US governments official policy , The United Nations ,, the E.U. , the pope and even the government of Israel seem to believe we can take the Muslim extremist into our societies on a equal bases with their Sharia law and not suffer any consequences .
What authority does the U.S. claim to uninvited, invade another nation?
Has or will the UN pass a resolution or send troops to force the U.S. to leave Syria as happened with North Korea in South Korea in June 1950?
And Trump supporters were so excited when he cut off aid to the “rebels”. We’re just replacing them with our rebels. The only difference is our rebels get their aid from the Pentagon instead of the cia .
First the Syrian govt will actually finish off ISIS and Al Qaeda in N. Syria.
Then there will be some reform movement in Syria to hold new elections that Assad will win.
If the U.S. still stubbornly insists on remaining in Syria, the Syrians will gradually take back the ‘good parts’ held by the SDF, such as the oil fields and dams. What is the U.S. going to do then? Nothing. The Kurds will cry because they will be left with the most desolate portion of land locked Syria.
Antifia fights in Syria for regime change.
Screw you Donald Trump for your endless war in Syria.
Trump has been president for one year and the war is over . But I think we should thank Russia more than Trump .
You are a fool if you believe that the war Donald Trump continued when he came into office is actually over.
“Mission Accomplished” was a yuuuge mistake by George W. Bush, and it could be equally bad for Trump if he does the same thing.
I know I’am a fool but you seem to forget Russia is fighting this war in Syria not the USA .
So the U.S. didn’t bomb Syria after an alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government?
are helping ISIS — from arms to food, fuel, vehicles, to intelligence. Why all that? Neocon cabal wants to stay, wants to occupy the region arkung Eulhrates and sever any commercial and energy infrastructure from happening. The region has tremendous potential — but Jsraeli politics is trying to derail this potential by...
As for us, instead of building relationships with the future region of massive economic growth – we are stuck in having to thwart it, to protect Israel from falling into the backwoods of the Middle East. Protecting them from the consequences of their own arrogance and greed. And putting US foreign policy on a path of f...
Part one might be over but we’re staying for a reason. Iran and Hezbollah, per orders from Bibi, must be driven from Syria. Bibi will start it and then expect us to finish it for him. And then on to Tehran.
Seriously, you believe this and you can believe anything. Trump was only allowed to strengthen the war kn ISIS — in theory only. At the beginning he and one general declared more then once that upon defeating ISIS, US will withdraw from Syria. All that ended when Trump had to humiliate himself in front of stone faced y...
Russia is in the drivers seat in Syria with the kind of planes and missiles they brought to Syria . But look what’s happened in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia . The new Saudi prince will never be able modernize the Sunni Muslims like he says he is going to do . He says he wants to return to 1979 when Muslims were peaceful an...
Quote: After that Islam was used to build a Islamic empire with war.
Which they learned how to do from Christians.
you are absolutely right the Roman empire became the holy roman Christian empire and lost the love and peace from Christianity and brought us the dark ages . Mohamad’s peaceful Islam did the same building a Islamic empire threw war ,they lost the love and peace . Now the only thing they could bring the world would be t...
I thought it was the plague that brought us the dark ages?
Sukk a Saudi prince dikk now!! To contain Muslim hatred!!!
The hubris and destructiveness of the USA have to be seen to be believed. Israel and Saudi Arabia are two of the most unworthy allies to consort with, but the USA does not mind how low it stoops, and consistent failure seems not to impede its warmongering.
By the same logic, Europe could occupy the USA on the excuse that they want to keep CSA 2.0 from reforming. After all, slavery was a great evil, and no cost is too much to make sure that it doesn’t return to its previous heartland.
Why are people surprised?. The US NEVER follows international law. After the fall of the Soviet Union, it didn’t have to. Who was going to make it? And now the US has developed propaganda to the point that it simply says it is following international law, and that’s good enough for Americans and the western world. The ...
And because Israel constantly plays the holocaust victim card (though its getting old) and is absolutely protected by US might, Israel can cross any borders, bomb any people, maintain virtual apartheid and worse with the Palestinians, maintain undeclared nuclear and chemical weapons programs. Who is going to stop it?
So why do we always give “our surprised face”?
One hopes that the Syrian people lose no opportunity to slaughter the occupiers.
A lottery ticket holder in Coventry has scooped a jackpot of almost #3 million - and has not come forward to claim it.
And in an amazing double, the winner of the other half of the shared near-#6 million jackpot, with a ticket bought in the Solihull area, has failed to claim their #2,905,346.
The tickets matched all six numbers for the National Lottery draw held on Saturday, March 9.
The lucky balls that have spelled a fortune for the two players were 9, 18, 20, 21, 39 and 48.
But even though the winners have been made millionaires three times over, Lottery organisers Camelot say they have not heard a thing.
A Camelot spokesman said: ?The news is bound to get thousands of city hopefuls rummaging through pockets and purses to discover if they are the lucky ones.?
However, the lucky two will never get their hands on the cash if they cannot produce the winning tickets before the deadline of 11pm on Thursday, September 5. The money would then go to good causes.
And while the search goes on for the missing millionaires, a ticket holder in Warwickshire could also change their life by finding the winning ticket for another draw.
The ticket holder has until July 11 to claim a prize of #175,481.
The lucky ticket matched five numbers and the bonus ball from the draw on Saturday, January 12, when the balls were 1, 3, 11, 12, 20, 24 and the bonus ball 38.
If they do not claim it will be the fourth National Lottery prize to remain unclaimed in the area since the draw began.
Jacquie Wilson, from National Lottery operator Camelot, said: ?It is astonishing that this is the fourth large prize to go unclaimed in Warwickshire. I would urge people to check the pockets of winter coats, down the back of the sofa or anywhere that an old lottery ticket might have been put for safe keeping.?
Earlier this year rumours were rife that someone in Binley Woods had scooped an unclaimed #16.6 million National Lottery rollover from a prize draw on January 2.
The money was eventually claimed, but Camelot refused to confirm where the winner was from.
Back in a National Lottery draw in July last year, a ticket from Warwickshire won #76,000 after it correct-ly matched five numbers and a bonus ball, but the owner never claimed the cash and the money went to charity.
Editor’s note: We’ve asked several climate experts to answer the question, “What would constitute success at the Paris climate talks?” This column is part of a series that will run over the next few days. Rachel Kyte is World Bank Group Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change and oversees work on climate ch...
In Paris, in addition to negotiators, there are thousands of mayors, CEOs, community leaders, financiers and more. They are all focused on delivering the business models and solutions that will put into action the national plans filed with the UN that describe the contribution each country will make to tackling climate...
We are the first generations that have truly had the opportunity to end poverty, and we are the last generations to be able to stop climate change.
What we need from Paris, then, is an agreement that includes all countries and leaves no one behind. This means that it should be clear in its ambition, sending the strongest signal possible to all economic decision makers that we are determined to engineer the necessary economic transition. This is a transition to a w...
The plans that have been filed in the run up to Paris will have to be revised regularly to take into account progress, technological breakthroughs, financing, business models, what has worked and what has not. The ambition of these plans will have to be revised upward. That process must be agreed in Paris.
As we put these plans into action, we will need to support those that will find this transition hard. For example, those who for generations have proudly worked in industries that powered the success of the developed world, but now cannot be part of our future. We will need to agree that as an international community, ...
We are the first generations that have truly had the opportunity to end poverty, and we are the last generations to be able to stop climate change. If the negotiators are blocked by that pressure, they can look up and see that remarkable array of community leaders, mayors, pension fund managers, investors and project d...
Rachel Kyte is World Bank Group Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change and oversees work on climate change adaptation, mitigation, and climate finance. Ms. Kyte is also the leading figure for the World Bank Group in efforts to campaign for an ambitious agreement at the 21st Convention of the Parties of the...
Two exhibitions open Friday at the McDonough Museum of Art.
“Sanctuary” features paintings by John Guy Petruzzi, an Ohio artist and Youngstown State University alumnus whose watercolors explore issues of climate change, habitat loss, extinction and ecological imbalance.
The works in “Sanctuary” feature 11 native birds of Ohio that are classified as threatened, endangered and even extinct. Petruzzi uses realistic detail and coloration in combination with an unnaturally intense green tone to create flocks of birds that seem to be both magically multiplying and struggling to free themsel...
Petruzzi received his master’s degree from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in partnership with Tufts University, and his bachelor’s degree from YSU. His work has been exhibited nationally and featured in such publications as Hi-Fructose, New American Paintings and the Boston Globe.

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