Issues & Trends

2016-02-01	Air pollution kills 30,000 in Delhi every year Air pollution is responsible for 10,000-30,000 deaths in Delhi annually and is the fifth largest cause of death in the country, states the ‘Body Burden 2015’ report released by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Tuesday.
2016-02-01	A natural gas leak with seemingly no end A giant stream of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is blowing hundreds of feet into the air in Los Angeles County for the seventh week.
2016-01-20	Large Wildfires Are Now More Common and DestructiveThe West continues to be a fiery inferno as August fades into September. Wildfires have exploded across the region this month. There have been 117 large wildfires to date including 70 large fires that are still burning.
2016-01-20	Kale or steak? Change in diet key to U.N. plan to end hunger by 2030ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In trendy, hipster London or New York, it's all about juicing, vegan diets and snacking on kale crisps. Thousands of miles away, in Nairobi or Bogota, the middle classes are more likely to reach for roasted goat or a juicy steak. Later this month, world leaders are set to endorse a U.N.
2016-01-13	Human impact has pushed Earth into the Anthropocene, scientists say There is now compelling evidence to show that humanity’s impact on the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and wildlife has pushed the world into a new geological epoch, according to a group of scientists.
2016-01-13	The Path to Carbon Pricing WASHINGTON, DC – In just six weeks, world leaders will meet in Paris to negotiate a new global climate-change agreement. To date, 150 countries have submitted plans detailing how they will move their economies along a more resilient low-carbon trajectory.
2016-01-13	Climate action plans of poorest nations to cost $1 trillion PARIS, Nov 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The world's 48 poorest countries will need to find around a trillion dollars between 2020 and 2030 to achieve their plans to tackle climate change - and those plans should be a priority for international funding, researchers said.
2016-01-13	The Coming Green Wave: Ocean Farming to Fight Climate Change or decades environmentalists have fought to save our oceans from the perils of overfishing, climate change, and pollution. All noble efforts -- but what if environmentalists have it backwards? What if the question is not how to save the oceans, but how the oceans can save us?
2015-12-16	California Is Building The Country's Largest Solar Desalination Plant If you want to take a shower or wash dishes in East Porterville, California, you'll probably have to use a bucket. The water stopped running in most houses over a year ago. But nearby, farmers are paying to get rid of around 300 billion gallons of water a year.
2015-12-16	Existing poverty index ‘ideal for assessing the SDGs’ [CARTAGENA] The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, which is a tool for measuring acute poverty, should be used to monitor compliance with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a conference has heard.