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

Severin Carrell

Former US vice president tells Scottish green conference that evidence from floods in Pakistan and China is compelling

Deborah Zabarenko

* More food possible without water crisis, experts say

* Africa has greatest potential for improvement

By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent

Mark Delucchi