Food system that fails poor countries needs urgent reform, says UN expert
Mark Tran, The Guardian
UN special rapporteur on the right to food champions agroecology as sustainable alternative to existing framework
Mark Tran, The Guardian
UN special rapporteur on the right to food champions agroecology as sustainable alternative to existing framework
There's nowhere to hide now that Global Forest Watch has launched - citizens around the world now have all the information they need to monitor the state of the world's forests.
Megan Rowling, Nov 19, 2013
Africa faces climate adaptation costs in the range of $7 billion to $15 billion per year by 2020, and that figure could rise to around $350 billion annually by 2070 if global warming exceeds 2 degrees Celsius, a U.N. report said on Tuesday.
BIOENERGY NEWS SEP 23 2013
RICHARD SCHIFFMAN SEP 27 2013
The polar icecaps are melting faster than we thought they would; seas are rising faster than we thought they would; extreme weather events are increasing.
IRIN NEWS
JOHANNESBURG, 8 October 2013 (IRIN) - The international scientific community’s new assessment of the estimated sea level rise caused by global warming is a significant development, but experts say the projections for higher sea levels in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate (IPCC) assessm
Reuters
OSLO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Billions of people could be living in regions where temperatures are hotter than their historical ranges by mid-century, creating a "new normal" that could force profound changes on nature and society, scientists said on Wednesday.
By Matt McGrath
The levels of gases in the atmosphere that drive global warming increased to a record high in 2012.
Reuters
*70 pct of corals will suffer degradation by 2030
*To protect half of reefs, temperature rise must be under 1.5C
By David Shukman Science Editor, BBC News, in Svalbard
Scientists in the Arctic are warning that this summer's record-breaking melt is part of an accelerating trend with profound implications.
Norwegian researchers report that the sea ice is becoming significantly thinner and more vulnerable.