David Bleja

CO2, birth & death rates by country, simulated real-time

LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Markets in water rights are likely to evolve as a rising population leads to shortages and climate change causes drought and famine.

But they will be based on regional and ethical trading practices and will differ from the bulk of commodity trade.

According to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a quarter of the world’s known plant species – some 60,000 to 100,000 species – are threatened with extinction.

ALEXIS FLYNN, WILL CONNORS

People who live in the poorest and remotest parts of the developing world often have their lives cut short by disease -- preventable or curable disease. The first essential step to fighting these diseases is correctly identifying them.

Ecological footprints measure humanity's demands on nature.  Everything we do has consequences.

Sustainability calculator

9 billion people live well, and within the limits of the planet:

WBCSD-VISION-2050

Vision 2050:  The new agenda for business

Under the WBCSD's Vsion 2050 Project, twenty-nice WBCDSD member companies developed a vision of a world well on the way to sustainablility by 2050 and the pathways leading to that world.

Greece sneezed, and now most of Europe has a cold. The European debt crisis has already spread like a virus from Greece to Ireland and Portugal, and other countries are now at risk: Spain, and Italy are probable candidates for financial problems.

left  column is the legends bar for the developed industries

right column is the legend bar for the developing industries

from top to bottom, here are the different types of companies for both the developed and developing(they are all the same, in the exact same order):

energy conservation industry

new informational technology industry

biological industry

high tech manufacturing industry

new energy industry

new material industry

new energy automobile industry