Issues & Trends

2010-07-01	Rust In The Bread Basket A crop-killing fungus is spreading out of Africa towards the world’s great wheat-growing areas Jul 1st 2010
	Goce Satellite Views Earth’s Gravity In High Definition By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, Berge
	Solving The Water-Energy Crisis by Stephen Lacey, Podcast Producer Published: June 25, 2010
	Green Economy Lags, G20 Can Be New Spur – UNEP Source: Reuters
	UN Says Poor Nations On Track To Cut Poverty By EDITH M. LEDERER (AP) Jun 23, 2010 UNITED NATIONS — The global economic crisis has slowed the fight against poverty but the developing world is still on track to meet a key U.N. goal of halving the number of people living on less than $1 a day by 2015, according to a report released Wednesday.
	Malaria Increases With Deforestation In Brazil A 4 percent decrease in forest was associated with a nearly 50 percent rise in malaria cases in western Brazil. Christopher Intagliata reports Download this podcast
2010-06-17	Security Tops The Environment In China’s Energy Plan
	Cleared Forests Lead To Rise In Malaria In Brazil Source: Reuters
	Emerging Renewables To Have More Profile In Next Statistical Review The ‘Statistical Review of World Energy’ does not include wind, solar or geothermal in its primary energy forecast, but these sources will be added next year because they are reaching “sufficient weight in a number of countries.” Hydroelectricity and nuclear remain the largest non-fossil fuels in the world, with a combined share of 12% i
	Melting Glaciers And Snow Put Millions At Risk In Asia From: David Fogarty, Reuters Increased melting of glaciers and snow in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau threatens the food security of millions of people in Asia, a study shows, with Pa

Issues & Trends

A 4 percent decrease in forest was associated with a nearly 50 percent rise in malaria cases in western Brazil. Christopher Intagliata reports

The ‘Statistical Review of World Energy’ does not include wind, solar or geothermal in its primary energy forecast, but these sources will be added next year because they are reaching “sufficient weight in a number of countries.”