Issues & Trends

2017-08-29	World's Biggest Drone Drug Deliveries Take Off in Tanzania NAIROBI, KENYA — Tanzania is set to launch the world's largest drone delivery network in January, with drones parachuting blood and medicines out of the skies to save lives.
2017-08-28	The cost of clean water: $150 billion a year, says World Bank The risk of diarrhoeal diseases and malnutrition caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation is creating a "silent emergency" - World Bank By Sophie Hares
2017-08-24	INTERVIEW - Thirsty world must wake up to looming water crisis, expert says More than one-third of humanity is water-stressed every year or season, while drought crises are on the rise from California to Ethiopia By Megan Rowling
2017-05-03	NYC Creates Climate Change Roadmap for Builders: Plan for Rising Seas The city’s new resilience guidelines map out the expected risks from sea level rise and increasing heat in the decades ahead.
2017-08-11	Promise or peril? Africa’s 830 million young people by 2050 We need a (Marshall Plan) that places youth employment in Africa at the centre of development By John Dramani Mahama and Siddharth Chatterjee
2017-08-10	The rise of electric cars could leave us with a big battery waste problem Carmakers, recyclers and tech startups are working to solve the question of how to deal with lithium-ion batteries when they wear out
2019-02-10	Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature' Exclusive: Insects could vanish within a century at current rate of decline, says global review
2019-01-31	Monarchs 2018 Looking for good news? Last summer we were so pleased to see so many Monarchs in Pennsylvania and New York, more than we have seen in a decade. Eagerly awaited number of over-wintering population in Mexico confirms this impression. See updated graph below, and link to an article in the Guardiian.
2017-07-12	Sea Level Rise Will Flood Hundreds of Cities in the Near Future Many shore communities in the U.S. face inundation in the coming decades.
2018-11-08	'Eat Less Meat Or Pay The Environmental And Human Price', Says UN It says meat production is 'one of the most destructive ways in which we leave our footprint on the planet'.