Fiona Harvey

Report says refugees forced to leave homes by weather caused by global warming may end up in even worse afflicted areas

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LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The Earth's natural resources like food, water and forests are being depleted at an alarming speed, causing hunger, conflict, social unrest and species extinction, experts at a climate and health conference in London warned on Monday.

A global partnership is needed to tackle the desertification that degrades more than 12m hectares of arable land every year, affecting some of the poorest and most food-insecure people

Fiona Harvey

Giving the poor access to electricity would bring huge gains in health, education and economic growth, with little increase in emmissions, according to International Energy Agency study

JUSTIN GILLIS

Trying to tap into the best thinking about the future of global agriculture, as I have tried to do in my work as a reporter, can be an exercise in frustration. Many groups and many bright people go at the problem, but not many of them go at it in a holistic way.

The UN estimates 8 million extra teachers are needed worldwide by 2015. But how do countries compare? Get the full data here

20 September 2011 – Warning that a lack of access to affordable and clean energy is jeopardizing the achievemen

Charmaine Noronha

Luke Copland is an associate professor in the geography department at the University of Ottawa who co-authored the research published on Carleton University’s website.

At the beginning of presentations introducing The Hunger Project (THP), we often address the difference between chronic hunger and famine.

Andrew Burger

Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reached an all-time high in 2010, rising 45% in the past 20 yea