Irish Doctors' Environmental Association (IDEA) - Date
submitted: 1 Nov 2011 - Stakeholder type: Major Group -
Submission Document: Download - Additional Document: RIO + 20
submission by the Irish Doctors Environmental Association
Commitment to Sustainable Development: Instead of acting like
predators on the earth, the human species will act as Time is
running out. The Earth is the complex, living system that
sustains our species. Living systems can die. There are a
variety of life-threatening symptoms that stem from the systemic
pathology that is afflicting our planet and undermining its
capacity to maintain the delicate balance, which sustains life
as we know it. The symptoms are well known as they make up the
multifaceted crisis due to unsustainable development that we are
addressing in Rio+20. As in treating any medical emergency, all
life threatening symptoms must be treated while the underlying
cause is diagnosed and treated. At present in most international
negotiations, only some symptoms are recogniz