The New York Times
Gregor Aisch, David Leonhardt and Kevin Quealy
More than a quarter of Vietnam's residents live in areas likely to be subject to regular floods by the end of the century.
Food, Energy and Cities discussed online with DESA experts
The B Team
James Murray
Sir Richard Branson and Puma chairman Jochen Zeitz have today launched a major non-profit group, dubbed The B Team, with the view to promoting a new set of progressive business values that “prioritise people and planet alongside profit”.
Edith m. Lederer
Green Blog
Rachel Nuwer
Mark Leon Goldberg
The United Nations and partners have launched an interesting exercise to poll the world’s citizens on their top priorities, policies and views as world leaders shape a global development agenda to replace the Millennium Development Goals, which expire in 2015.
Bloomberg
Alex Morales
About $700 billion a year of new spending on renewable power, low-carbon transport and energy efficiency is needed to meet the United Nations goal to cap temperature rises, a report for the World Economic Forum showed.