Issues & Trends

2014-11-17	How much will it cost to turn the tide of the urban water crisis? The dwindling supply of clean water available to growing urban areas isn't an abstract problem for Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. He's seen opposing financial pressures and concerns about sustainable water sources play out first hand in the sprawling metro area now home to some 6 million people.
2014-10-05	UN biodiversity meet warns of unmet targets
2014-09-20	As World’s Population Booms, Will Its Resources Be Enough for Us? There are more than 7 billion people on Earth now, and roughly one in eight of us doesn't have enough to eat. The question of how many people the Earth can support is a long-standing one that becomes more intense as the world's population—and our use of natural resources—keeps booming.
2014-09-09	Report: Ozone Layer on Road to Recovery GENEVA - The World Meteorological Organization reports the earth's protective ozone layer is on track to recovery by the middle of the century. The agency says the so-called Montreal Protocol, which calls for the phase out of ozone-depleting substances is working.
2014-08-23	UNDP: Poverty down in Latin America and the Caribbean - BBC News More than 56 million people have been lifted out of poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean in recent years, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). A new UNDP report says poverty levels in the period from 2000-2012 fell from 41.7% to 25.3% of the population.
2014-01-28	U.N. sounds alarm on worsening global income disparities The U.N. Development Program warned in a report on Wednesday that income disparities in countries around the world have been worsening, posing new risks for global economic and political stability.
2014-01-15	World Economic Forum warns of dangers in growing inequality, extreme weather DAVOS-RISKS/:World Economic Forum warns of dangers in growing inequality * Ahead of Davos meeting, forum warns of "lost" generation * Widening wealth gap ranked as top global risk in 2014 * Extreme weather next most likely cause of major shocks * Threat of fiscal crises significant, but danger receding
2006-10-01	Salt-Water Fish Extinction Seen By 2048 The apocalypse has a new date: 2048. That's when the world's oceans will be empty of fish, predicts an international team of ecologists and economists. The cause: the disappearance of species due to overfishing, pollution, habitat loss, and climate change.
2014-12-22	U.N. Disaster Chief Warns of More Natural Catastrophes to Come GENEVA — Thailand’s Khao Lak coast 10 years ago was a wasteland of palm beaches littered with the detritus of destroyed hotels and corpses blackened by the tropical sun.
2017-07-09	UN: Up to $300 billion lost annually in natural disasters UNITED NATIONS — The global economic losses from natural disasters like earthquakes, floods, droughts and cyclones and have continued rising to reach an average of $250 billion to $300 billion annually, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday.