Green decline continuing, says UN report
Source: BBC
6 June 2012 Last updated at 13:33 GMT
Green decline continuing, says UN report
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News
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 fifth edition (GEO-5) says that significant progress is being made on only four out of 90 environmental goals.
The UN Environment Programme (Unep) concludes that global treaties with specific targets can be effective.
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Negotiations leading up to the summit appear mired in problems, with governments failing to find agreement since January on issues such as eliminating subsidies on fossil fuels, regulating fishing on the high seas and obliging corporations to measure their environmental footprint.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18339905
