Note: Yes, you read that right. The headline is not mine, but from the original masters of newspaper propaganda, Pravda. See the URL. Gotta love the classic photo they chose. But then, look at some of the other news stories they have. See the end of the article for some other views that have been published here based on factual data. – Anthony
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04.07.2008 Source: Pravda.Ru
At least 2.5 million people have been killed in natural disasters over the recent 48 years. The number of casualties over the recent 20 years made up 1.6 million people, the UN said.
Rob Vos, the director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), said that the number of natural disasters taking place in the world nowadays has quadrupled in comparison with the 1970s. The disaster-related economic damage has increased at least seven times.
The authors of the report delivered at the UN headquarters in New York at the session of the UN Economic and Social Council did not specify the reason why natural disasters started happening more frequently in the world today. They said, however, that the frequency of catastrophes could be linked with the global climate change. It was also said that the death toll in developing states exceeds the number of casualties in developed states 20-30 times.
“The consequences of disasters become more and more destructive, whereas the countries are unable to overcome them effectively without the assistance from the international community. We believe it is necessary to set up a foundation to help the victims of natural disasters with the budget of 4 or 5 billion dollars,” Vos said.
The official added that all existent humanitarian projects including those conducted under the UN aegis are mostly aimed at overcoming consequences rather than preventing them.
Source: agencies
NOTE: Some other views on the “frequency of natural disasters linked to climate change” are below, follow the links.
http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/hurricanes-to-global-warming-link-blown-away/
http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/midwest-floods-and-unjustified-climate-change-fears/
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Has anyone recited the old Soviet Sceptic saying that there’s no truth in Pravda (Pravda, after all, is the Russian word for truth) ? It was paired with there’s no news in Isvestia – so you now know the Russian word for news, too.
It’s not surprising that the UN would make a statement like “the world is killing its people”. Ban Ki-Moon believes in gaia, the earth spirit.
This is born out by Junksicences own past documents. http://www.junkscience.com/feb07.html (search for “Gaia in the U.N.’s Meditation Room” ). lots of other crazy articles there too.
Leaders of this world have lost it.
A metaphor if you will:
the earth is like a giant ape let’s say, and human beings are like flies. A couple flies will not bug the ape too much, but enough of the on him, yes he is surely going to try and swat them away. We are bleeding the earth dry like a parasite, in a million years a new species will be sending a probe to earth from somewhere else, searching for clues to see if there was ever life on this planet.
We are bleeding the earth dry like a parasite
Are not!