Commodities prices based on deforestation

Fiona Harvey

Sub-Saharan states need to move to renewable energy sources as $15bn in aid is outstripped by $18bn in oil imports, says IEA

Luisa Massarani

[LONDON] Climate change could reduce the economic value of the services the oceans provide to mankind by almost US$2 trillion a year by 2100, according to a study presented at the Planet Under Pressure conference this week (26–29 March).

Gene banks represent an overdue push to preserve crop biodiversity. It also needs conserving on farms

JOANNA M. FOSTER

In 2008 and in 2011, the world was rocked by riots and by revolutions coinciding with spikes in food prices.

OFF Chile’s Pacific coastline, between December and February, divers take to the chilly waters in search of a predatory sea-snail, the loco (Concholepas concholepas). Boiled and daubed in mayonnaise, it is a local favourite. Asian gourmets prefer it stir-fried or as sashimi.

THE past four years have seen the worst economic crisis since the 1930s and the biggest food-price increases since the 1970s. That must surely have swollen the ranks of the poor.

San Diego Case-Schiller Home Price Index 2000 to 2011

San Diego Home Price to Rent Ratio 1977-2009