by Ben Block on November 20, 2009
Without Senate leadership on climate change, U.S. negotiators will not likely approve legally
binding emission reductions in Copenhagen,
Denmark, next
month.
by Press on November 18, 2009 Women will bear the greatest burden of a changing climate but so far have received little attention from negotiators working toward a new global climate deal, according to the 2009 edition of the United Nations Population Fund's State of World Population. Robert Engelman, Worldwatch Institute's Vice President for Programs, was lead author of the report, which argues that women's issues, and especially women's health issues, have been largely overlooked in discussions leading up to the UN climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, this December.
by Ben Block on November 17, 2009 Norway announced last week a $30
million commitment to help Guyana implement an avoided deforestation
plan. Guyana, a heavily forested country, is unique among recipients
of deforestation-related carbon funding.
by Press on November 12, 2009 Worldwatch Institute announced today the launch of Vital Signs Online, an interactive, subscription-based tool designed to provide busy decision makers and researchers with data-driven analysis on the most important sustainability trends that are shaping our future. The system is intended for use in strategic planning, understanding world events, or as a reference source for presentations and reports.
by Ben Block on November 10, 2009 The United States, Canada, and Mexico
agreed to establish an intergovernmental committee to exchange
research and approaches for management of land, marine, and
coastal wilderness areas.
by Ben Block on November 9, 2009 Farmers in West Africa are planting
tree species among row crops to improve soil quality, helping to help
lower malnutrition, especially in drought-prone Niger.
Changes to the Earth's land cover, climate, and ecosystems are endangering the health of hundreds of millions, possibly billions, of people worldwide and now represent the greatest public health challenge of the 21st century. The scale of these global changes is rapidly undermining human life-support systems and threatening the core foundations of healthy communities around the globe: access to adequate food, clean air, safe drinking water, and secure homes. These are the findings of the new report, Global Environmental Change: The Threat to Human Health, published today by the Worldwatch Institute and the United Nations Foundation.
by Ben Block on November 3, 2009
The 2009 update of the Red List of Threatened Species
announced that 17,291 species are threatened with extinction, and an additional
11 species are extinct outside of captivity.
by Ben Block on November 2, 2009
Participants in a unique twist on a Halloween tradition
sought to raise awareness about the prevalence of child labor on West African
cocoa farms.
by Ben Block on October 29, 2009
A proposed 250-kilometer corridor between Brazil and Peru may improve local economies,
but at the risk of imperiling already-threatened ecosystems and indigenous
communities.
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