Global 2000 Report

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.