China Watch, Food, Renewable Energy, News, Natural Disasters & Peacemaking, e2 - Eye on Earth
by Press on November 4, 2009
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 Press on October 29, 2009 For the second year in a row, world grain production rose in 2008, with farmers producing some 2.3 billion tons. The record harvest was up more than 7 percent over the previous year and caps a decade in which only half the years registered gains.
by Press on October 20, 2009 The environmental impact of the lifecycle and supply chain of animals raised for food has been vastly underestimated, and in fact accounts for at least half of all human-caused greenhouse gases (GHGs), according to Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang, co-authors of "Livestock and Climate Change" in the latest issue of World Watch magazine.
by Press on October 15, 2009 Worldwatch Senior Researcher Brian Halweil will join World Food Prize Laureate Hans Herren, International Food Policy Research Institute Director General Joachim von Braun, and other food and agriculture experts tomorrow at 10:45 a.m. for a conversation at the World Food Prize's 2009 Borlaug Dialogue.
by Press on October 15, 2009 World production of fossil fuels-oil, coal, and natural gas-increased 2.9 percent in 2008 to reach 27.4 million tons of oil equivalent (Mtoe) per day, the highest ever recorded. In the first half of the 2008, producers strained to meet global demand, but by year's end the global recession left the market swamped by excess supply, causing oil prices to fall to from $144 per barrel in July to $34 per barrel in December.
by Press on October 1, 2009 The share of people living in extreme poverty--on less than $1.25 a
day--is expected to fall slightly this year, declining from 21.3
percent in 2008 to 20.7 in 2009, according to the latest Vital Signs
Update.
by Press on September 30, 2009 The Worldwatch Institute announced today that Alexander Ochs, a
well-known expert on international climate and energy policy, has
joined the Institute as Climate and Energy Program Director.
by Press on September 17, 2009 The world's population surpassed 6.8 billion in early 2009, with no significant slowing in the pace of growth in recent years. Estimates by the United Nations Population Division indicate that humanity has been consistently gaining more than 79 million people-a population almost the size of Germany's-each year since 1999.
by Press on September 3, 2009
In 2008, more than 1.4 billion tons of metals were produced globally--double the quantity of the late 1970s and more than seven times as much as in 1950. Trends since the late 1990s have been driven by the dramatic growth of the Chinese economy, according to the latest Vital Signs snapshot of metals production worldwide.
by Press on August 27, 2009 Four new Worldwatch Institute Blogs are now online: Dateline: Copenhagen, Nourishing the Planet, Green Economy, and Transforming Cultures feature regular contributions from Worldwatch researchers and staff tracking global environmental issues, from upcoming climate change negotiations to how we'll feed a growing population sustainably.
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