The Global 2000 Report, published in 1980, was commissioned by US President Jimmy Carter. It concluded that problems such as pollution, overpopulation, global warming, and other environmental issues posed a severe threat to the future of humanity, and called for international cooperation in solving these problems.
The report attracted worldwide attention, and, as a consequence, scientists and the concerned public urged the president to act quickly and decisively against environmental destruction, which the report predicted would take place on a dramatic scale by the year 2000. However, in the face of Carter’s defeat by Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential election, no follow-up action was taken on these issues.
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