Air pollution 'will become bigger global killer than dirty water'
Fiona Harvey
OECD report says pollution will become biggest cause of premature death, killing an estimated 3.6 million people a year by 2050
Fiona Harvey
OECD report says pollution will become biggest cause of premature death, killing an estimated 3.6 million people a year by 2050
Azad Essa
Millions of people in up to five West African countries will face a food crisis in early 2012 if early warning systems are ignored, the United Nations and aid officials say.
Steve Connor
Scientists studying ancient mud samples taken from the bed of the Dead Sea separating Israel and Jordan have warned that the fragile political situation in the Middle East will be made worse by the intense water shortages their study is predicting.
Michael Kanellos
The world’s most important invention—the technological breakthrough that has fundamentally changed family life for the better nearly everywhere—isn’t particularly extravagant. In fact, you probably have one.
What is it? The car? The computer? The cell phone? Not quite.
Deborah Zabarenko
* More food possible without water crisis, experts say
* Africa has greatest potential for improvement
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent
alertnet // Laurie Goering
LONDON (AlertNet) – Efforts to feed an extra 2 billion people by mid-century could lead to widespread destruction of forests, wetlands and other natural systems that protect and regulate the world’s water, researchers warn.
Tilde Herrera
For a company like Goldman Sachs, water represents a potential risk lurking in its investment portfolio. For GE, it may also offer a potential business opportunity to help its clients overcome their challenges.