Gorbachev In Australia - Climate Crisis Being Ignored - Border Mail

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WORLD leaders are ignoring issues such as climate change and over population despite the threats they pose to the “very foundations” of human existence on Earth, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev says. Mr Gorbachev, speaking in Brisbane yesterday ahead of the global forum Earth Dialogues Brisbane 2006, said the Earth faced an environmental crisis.

But issues including global warming, population growth, pollution and the depletion of natural resources are being ignored by the world’s leaders despite “threatening the very foundations of our existence on planet Earth”. International politics had stalled at a time when it needed to be ramped up to address such problems, he said. “Things are rather difficult today in international politics, and that affects the ability of political leaders to address the problems of the environment and other problems,” Mr Gorbachev said.

“I would say that international politics is stalled at a time when it needs to be a lot more active in addressing the world’s problems.”

The forum, which begins today and ends on Monday, features leading international experts on the environment, economics and science. Delegates from 11 nations will explore solutions to issues such as sustainable development, resource management, climate change, energy security and peace.

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1. Maybe the Aussies will care once their great barrier reef is totally dead.

Too bad they don't seem to give a shit while they could still try to make a difference. We're all slouching towards global catastrophe.