<a href="https://www.theguardian.com">https://www.theguardian.com</a> - Damian Carrington

Nina Chestney

The amount of primary materials extracted from the earth will almost triple by the middle of this century if action is not taken, as emerging economies develop and consume more, a U.N.-backed report said on Wednesday.  The use of fossil fuels, metal ores and non-metallic minerals has accelerated

Gaelle Gourmelon

http://www.voanews.com - Reutgers

JAKARTA—

Rising temperatures caused by climate change may cost the world economy over $2 trillion in lost productivity by 2030 as hot weather makes it unbearable to work in some parts of the world, according to U.N. research published Tuesday.

Nassos Stylianou, Paul Rincon and John Walton

Find out how and why the Earth's climate is changing as Paris hosts a major summit to discuss global warming.

http://www.csmonitor.com - Rowena Lindsay

Earth's ecosystems are becoming more fragile, a study suggests, as biodiversity loss threatens their ability to preform functions vital to their survival and ours.  About 58 percent of land on earth has dropped below the biodiversity safe limit, due largely to human land use practices, says a new

http://www.ipsnews.net - Aruna Dutt

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 8 2016 (IPS) - The UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) warned Thursday that global fish stocks cannot keep up with record consumption, with the average person now consuming 20 kilograms of fish a year.  “Life below water, which the Sustainable Development Agenda comm

https://www.theguardian.com/us

Energy authority says governments must take responsibility, and investment would pay for itself in health benefits.  The global air pollution crisis killing more than 6 million people a year must be tackled by governments as a matter of urgency and not just left to the private sector, a report fr

Damian Carrington

<a href="http://www.theguardian.com">http://www.theguardian.com</a> - Tom Levitt

Benin, Mozambique and Nepal are among countries most exposed to climate change, water scarcity and food price volatility.