Issues & Trends
| Nations, Fighting Powerful Refrigerant That Warms Planet, Reach Landmark Deal | |
| More Than 9 in 10 People Breathe Bad Air, W.H.O. Study Says HONG KONG — The World Health Organization said Tuesday that 92 percent of people breathe what it classifies as unhealthy air, in another sign that atmospheric pollution is a significant threat to global public health. |
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Six technologies that produce clean, safe drinking waterComputer chips and offshore plants help desalinate some water supplies. |
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| Air pollution costs trillions and holds back poor countries, says World Bank Study finds dirty air takes huge economic toll on poor countries and costs the world more than $5tn annually in lost work days and welfare costs |
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| Can today’s EVs make a dent in climate change? Electric vehicles can meet drivers’ needs enough to replace nearly 90 percent of vehicles now on the road. Could existing electric vehicles (EVs), despite their limited driving range, bring about a meaningful reduction in the greenhouse-gas emissions that are causing global climate change? |
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| Which is the greenest, happiest country in the world? Is life on this planet getting better? When it comes to the progress of nations, how do you measure what matters most? There’s wealth, there’s health, there’s basic human freedoms. |
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| 6 Signs The Big Global Switch To Solar Has Already Begun China has installed 20 gigawatts of new solar power just in the first half of this year. This achievement beats analysts’ expectations by a wide margin. China wants to add 20 GW of new solar every year for the next four, but apparently could do twice that. |
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| Epic Middle East Heat Wave Is Being Compared to Weapon of Mass Destruction Recent extreme heat events in the Middle East have climate scientists worried about future climate-related catastrophes. Temperatures have climbed above 115 F across the region this summer and Kuwait and Iraq recently recorded most likely the hottest temperatures ever in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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2016 Global Peace IndexThe Global Peace Index Records a Historically Less Peaceful and More Unequal World |
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| More than 56 million trapped in 'vicious' cycle of violence and hunger - UN ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than 56 million people in 17 countries affected by prolonged conflicts are struggling to feed themselves, trapped in a "vicious" cycle of violence and hunger, two United Nations agencies said on Friday.
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