9 march 2004midnight special bookstore/southern california federation of scientists 1 sustainable...

9 March 2004 Midnight Special Bookstore/Southern California Federation of Scientists

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Sustainable Development, the New Sustainable Development, the New International Scientific Order, and UN International Scientific Order, and UN

ReformReform

Roger DittmannPresident, U.S. Federation of Scholars and Scientists

U.S. Affiliate of the World Federation of Scientific Workers

UN Representative of the WFSW

Professor of Physics Emeritus

California State University

Fullerton, CA 92834-6866

[email protected]


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Sustainable DevelopmentSustainable Development

The Law locks up the man who steals the goose from

the commons, but leaves the greater villian loose who steals the commons from

the goose.


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The Road to “Rio+10” [WSSD]The Road to “Rio+10” [WSSD]

The HistoryDeveloping Countries Ministerial Conference

Beijing June 1991 ICUNP Victoria British Columbia, February 1992

“The Road to Brazil ‘92”

UN Conference on Environment and Development [UNCED] Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992

UN Conference on Population and Development [ICPD] Cairo, Egypt , 5-13 September 1994

UN World Summit on Sustainable Development [WSSD] “Rio +10” [Johannesburg] 26 August - 4 September 2002


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Problem #1: Population Control

“No matter what your cause, it’s a lost cause without population control.”—Elaine Stansfield

“The rich get rich—the poor get children”—Pop song from the ’30s



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Prognosis:Rising global temperature and greenhouse gases.Shrinking amount of cropland per person.Decline in amount of wheat and rice/person.Shrinking area of tropical moist forests.Decreasing oceanic fish harvest per person.Increasing number of people dying of AIDS.Declining human sperm count.Growing gap between rich and poorReduced biodiversity

Ehrich and Schneider



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Prognosis:Slowing, but continuing population growth, already far beyond what is estimated to be the earth’s maximum carrying capacity.

Continuing unsustainable economic growth, e.g, fossil fuel agriculture.



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Maximum Carrying Capacity vs. Optimum Population

“The greater the population the greater the restrictions necessary to achieve sustainability.



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The Perfect Correlation

All industrialized countries have less than replacement birth rates.



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Economic Development = Low Birth Rates

[coupled with women’s liberation, social security, and child labor laws]

Spain.

99% Roman Catholic

>44% Reduction/Generation (.55 female children/woman)

Italy

Home of the Vatican

>42% Reduction/Generation (.427 female children/woman)



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The Dilemma

The habitat cannot sustain the environmental impact of traditional development for the exploding population.Direct birth control meets opposition.



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The Remedy

“Sustainable Development”



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TThe Three he Three [official][official] Components of Components of Sustainable DevelopmentSustainable Development

Components

Economic development

Social development

Environmental protection


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Official “Development that meets the needs of the

present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."

World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland Commission), 1987 [emphasis added].

Sustainable DevelopmentSustainable DevelopmentDefinitions of Sustainable DevelopmentDefinitions of Sustainable Development


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My Definition “Economic [and other] development that leads

to reduction in population toward an optimum level for maximization of the quality of life, i.e. environmentally benign development that

reduces the birth rate.

Definitions of Sustainable DevelopmentDefinitions of Sustainable Development


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ElementsElements of Sustainable Development of Sustainable Development

Environmental “The United Nations Framework Convention on

Climate ChangePopulation“.. consistent with ...The United Nations International

Conference on Population and Development…” “…population policies and programmes to support the objectives and actions agreed upon in Agenda 21…” [Rio 1992]

The United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) 5-13 September 1994, Cairo, Egypt.


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Reminders “If one stays the course one will end up

where one is headed”: “Ecocatastrophe”

“Things that can’t last forever, won’t”.

There is always a remedy: “Nature Bats Last”

The Big Die Off has already begun.

One PathOne Path


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New International Scientific OrderNew International Scientific Order

Elements:Science and space exploration as common

adventures and common heritages of the family of humanity to which all are allowed to contribute.

Realize the fullness of human rational potential in all countries.

Divert science from the dispatch of death and destruction to humanistic goals, including sustainable development.


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The Strategy:Since this is a global effort, it requires global

organization, both governmental and popular.

Corollary: Not only do people require organization about their (multiple) identities (including professional, scholarly, and scientific), they need international, even supranational affiliation, facing a common adversary.


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Organization:World Federation of Scientific Workers

U.S. Federation of Scholars and Scientists

[formerly American Association of Scientific Workers, formed in 1938 of anti-fascist scientists]

Southern California Federation of Scientists

[formerly LA Chapter of the FAS, formed after WWII to oppose nuclear war]


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Relevant UN GA Agencies:UNEP

UNDP

UNCTAD

UNIFEM

Population Fund


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UN GA Agencies Relevant to Sustainable Development:

UNEP

UNDP

UNCTAD

UNIFEM

Population Fund



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ECOSOC Commissions:Social Development

Human Rights

S&T for Development

Sustainable Development

Status of Women

Population and Development



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ECOSOC Specialized Agencies:

ILO

UNESCOWIPO

FAO

UNIDO


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Proposed UN GA Agencies:Space Agency [Direct Revenue Source]

[Remote sensing-environmental monitoring]

Science Foundation

[NRC] [Not the IAEA Safeguards Program]

[Food and Drug Administration]


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UN ReformUN Reform

Structural:Blocked by Article 108, unless

• Philadelphia II can be implemented, or

• Substantial regime change can be achieved in support of world rule of law.


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UN ReformUN Reform

Functional:Strengthen, reform, and add UN GA

agencies.

Organize NGO’s, reform them into SVDO’s.

Found a UN People’s Assembly.

Model Reformed UN’s.


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What Can Everyone Do?What Can Everyone Do?

Vote with your consumer dollar.

[Don’t buy from countries with rogue governments.]

Study and stay informed.

Join organizations, especially global ones.• Be active in them. Contribute your expertise

and talents.• Insist that they develop international

affiliations.

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development unced rio

development icpd cairo

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