Global Futures Report - REN21
07-18-2017
This Year’s Top 10 Emerging Technologies, According to the World Economic Forum
07-17-2017
Philip Perry
Recently, the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network and Global Future Councils, teamed up with the board of directors of Scientific American, to determine the top 10 breakout technologies for this year.
UN: Fewer hungry people in the world
05-26-2015
Detroit News
Rome - The number of hungry people around the world has dropped to 795 million from over a billion a quarter-century ago despite natural disasters, ongoing conflicts and poverty, the three U.N. food agencies said Wednesday.
World water forum urges cooperation between energy, water communities
08-31-2014
GlobalPost
Xinhua News Agency
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Global leaders in the 24th annual World Water Week in Stockholm urged the energy and water communities to work together to meet the challenge of providing clean drinking water and energy for a growing world population.
HEALTH: Study projects net increase in range and risk for malaria from climate change, though human factors still dominate
02-03-2014
Umair Irfan
As the climate changes, some parts of the world will become more hospitable to malaria, putting more people at risk, but large uncertainties still loom over the models making these forecasts, according to a new study.
A quarter of sharks and rays threatened with extinction
01-19-2014
IUCN
A quarter of the world’s sharks and rays are threatened with extinction according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, with ray species found to be at a higher risk than sharks.
40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
08-12-2013
If you’re a visual learner like myself, then you know maps, charts and infographics can really help bring data and information to life. Maps can make a point resonate with readers and this collection aims to do just that.
Genetically Modified Crop Industry Continues to Expand | Vital Signs Online
03-23-2015
Wanqing Zhou
Global Economy Inches Upward as Environmental and Social Concerns Mount | Vital Signs Online
10-20-2014
Mark Konold and Jacqueline Espinal
The global economy grew at 4.49 percent in 2013, and the gross world product reached $87 trillion.1 For the fourth year in a row, the growth rate was slower than during the preceding year.2 Growth was affected by numerous adjustments in macroeconomic policies, by high unemployment rates, and by w