August 13, 2010 5:14 a.m. EDT

A number of extreme weather events have been happening around the world this summer, including record flooding in Pakistan that has killed more than 1,000 people and displaced millions of others; the worst drought in Russia in decades, which has triggered wildfires and doubled the daily death rat

Table of Contents

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Distribution of scarcity
• 3 Effects
• 4 Contributing factors
• 5 Action
• 6 Solutions
• 7 Further Reading

Introduction

WASHINGTON — Choices made now about carbon dioxide emissions reductions will affect climate change impacts experienced not just over the next few decades but also in coming centuries and millennia, says a new report from the National Research Council.

This time, the heat is really on. From Boston to Washington, D.C., temperatures have soared to 100 degrees or more in recent days, stressing electrical grids, scrambling rail transportation and prompting the swift creation of cooling centers for those who lack air conditioning.

No one is checking to see if they are leaking, investigation finds

Renewable energies must generate almost half of the world’s power by 2050, up from the current level of 18%, says the International Energy Agency (IEA).

by Stephen Lacey, Podcast Producer

Published: June 25, 2010

Source: Reuters