by Anna da Costa on July 13, 2009 Letterhead2color_A4.inddEnvironmental activist Vandana Shiva has been working to
build an organic agriculture movement across India for the past 22 years. Worldwatch India Fellow
Anna da Costa interviewed Shiva about the connections between sustainable agriculture, climate
change, and poverty alleviation.
by Brian Halweil and Danielle Nierenberg on July 10, 2009 President Obama has reinvigorated the global discussion on hunger by
talking about local self-reliance to help feed the some 1 billion
people who are now hungry in the world.
by Christopher Flavin on July 10, 2009
The failure to reach agreement on emissions reductions
targets in Italy this week
was a timely reminder that world leaders have made little progress in bridging the key issues that
must be resolved in order to achieve an effective climate agreement.
by Ben Block on July 10, 2009
In advance of World Population Day on Saturday, the UN
Population Fund announced that funding for population and reproductive
healthcare programs, as a share of global health aid, is on the decline.
by Robert Engelman on July 9, 2009
If 6.75 billion people drive vehicles that get 42 miles per
gallon 10,000 miles a year, what happens to oil supplies, energy prices, and the atmosphere? Car driving needs to converge on levels sustainable for
the Earth's climate - and as soon as possible.
by Anna da Costa on July 8, 2009
Veda Climate Change
Solutions Limited is developing a network
of tree planting operations to promote livelihood creation across six rural districts and sequester India's greenhouse gases.
The Worldwatch Institute is launching a two-year project to point the world toward innovations in agriculture that can nourish people as well as the planet, supported by a $1.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The project will focus specifically on sub-Saharan Africa.
by Ben Block on July 6, 2009
Jellyfish populations are booming in many coastal areas and
threatening fisheries. Yet ecosystem models for sustainable fisheries
management often exclude the stinging creatures.
by admin on July 1, 2009 In 2008, the steady rise in ethanol consumption reduced U.S. demand for motor gasoline by an estimated 5 percent and accounted for 20 percent of the increase in domestic corn prices, according to a new assessment of U.S. biofuels by the Worldwatch Institute. Concerns over energy security and climate change, as well as a range of government incentives, fueled the production of an estimated 9.5 billion gallons of biofuels in the United States last year alone, a 39 percent increase over 2007.
by Ben Block on June 30, 2009 An expanded International Renewable Energy Agency will be headquartered in Abu Dhabi's Masdar City and led by French diplomat Hélène Pelosse.
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