Climate change could trap hundreds of millions in disaster areas, report claims
Fiona Harvey
Report says refugees forced to leave homes by weather caused by global warming may end up in even worse afflicted areas
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
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