We’ve got six months to save the world or we’re all doomed
Batten down the hatches and make a run for the apocalypse shelter – because we’ve only got six months to save the world. That’s according to a leading economist, who believes that decisions being made by governments at meetings over the next six months will play a crucial role in securing the safety of the planet. Professor Jeffrey Sachs, the UN special adviser and director of The Earth Institute believes that three key meetings in July, September and November, will present ‘our generation’s best chance to get on track’. He identified the Financing for Development meeting in Addis Adaba, the adoption of new Sustainable Development Goals in New York, and the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris as being instrumental in the battle to end global poverty and protect the environment. ‘The time has finally arrived – we’ve been talking about these six months for many years but we’re now here. This is certainly our generation’s best chance to get on track. ‘Such diplomatic