Issues & Trends

Fifth Of World's Plants Endangered - Global Study

  • First global study shows 22 percent of plants threatened
  • Agriculture and other human activity pose biggest dangers
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - One in five of the world's 380,000 plant species is threatened with extinction and

Groundwater Depletion Rate Accelerating Worldwide

ScienceDaily (Sep. 23, 2010) — In recent decades, the rate at which humans worldwide are pumping dry the vast underground stores of water that billions depend on has more than doubled, say scientists who have conducted an unusual, global assessment of groundwater use.

IEA Says $36 Billion Per Year To Eradicate Energy Poverty

  • 1.2 bln people without power access by 2030, 1.4 bln now
  • Universal access to energy would boost oil demand 1 pct
  • Number of people relying on biomass stoves to grow by 2030

By Muriel Boselli PARIS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - It would cost $36 billion per year to enable th

The Neglected Development Goal

There is still one subject in international development that goes unmentioned. It is an issue that touches on the lives and health of millions of individuals, and one which world leaders have promised to address.