Issues & Trends

	WHO to declare polio global health emergency
	Africa Rising: Jeffrey Sachs says Ghana's future looks bright Because of good governance in the past, and now oil production, Ghana is likely to reach all of the Millennium Development Goals toward ending extreme poverty and child mortality.
	Governments failing to avert catastrophic climate change, IEA warns *Ministers attending clean energy summit in London to be gravely warned about continuing global addiction to fossil fuels*
2012-04-30	Solve water problems or forget growth, India told ROME, April 30 (Reuters) - India's economic growth and political stability are at stake in coming years if it does not change its approach to water management, a member of its natural resources planning commission told Reuters on Monday.
	Experiments Underestimate Plant Responses to Climate Change Experiments may dramatically underestimate how plants will respond to climate change in the future.
2012-05-08	Club of Rome sees 2 degree Celsius rise in 40 years LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Rising carbon dioxide emissions will cause a global average temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius by 2052 and a 2.8 degree rise by 2080, as governments and markets are unlikely to do enough against climate change, the Club of Rome think tank said.
2012-01-12	Women should be focus of energy expansion plans, says UN Women should be the focus of efforts to bring access to modern energy to those who lack it, a new United Nations report has found, as bringing energy to women and girls helps lift communities out of poverty and improves health.
	China’s Reforestation Programs: Big Success or Just an Illusion?
2012-01-23	Food Waste Denounced by Ministers as Almost 1 Billion Go Hungry Food waste was denounced by farm ministers and policy makers gathered in Berlin as almost 1 billion people in developing countries go hungry.
	Water scarcity to drive conflict, hit food and energy, experts say OXFORD, United Kingdom (AlertNet) – Water is increasingly becoming a scarce resource and shortages could drive conflict, hit food and energy production and threaten growth in renewable energy technology, experts warned at a water security conference on Monday.

Issues & Trends

Because of good governance in the past, and now oil production, Ghana is likely to reach all of the Millennium Development Goals toward ending extreme poverty and child mortality.