Another day, another UN report. It’s an old familiar tune: The world’s eco-systems are at risk of “rapid degradation and collapse.” Unless “swift, radical and creative action” is taken “massive further loss is increasingly likely.” Wolf! Wolf!
The scary thing is that, just like in the fable, the wolf really is out there. With the world’s population nearing 7 billion and counting, he will eventually turn up at our doorstep in one form or another. No doubt when he does, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity will cry “wolf!” once again, but no one will listen. They will have heard it all too many times before. For that matter, in a world of nanny states, all up to their ears in debt, what could anyone do about it? Print more money, perhaps? It may be that the only really effective solution will be to launch World War III, but that doesn’t seem like a very attractive option.
