Governments failing to avert catastrophic climate change, IEA warns
Fiona Harvey and Damian Carrington
Ministers attending clean energy summit in London to be gravely warned about continuing global addiction to fossil fuels
Experiments Underestimate Plant Responses to Climate Change
Experiments may dramatically underestimate how plants will respond to climate change in the future.
Club of Rome sees 2 degree Celsius rise in 40 years
Nina Chestney
LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Rising carbon dioxide emissions will cause a global average temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius by 2052 and a 2.8 degree rise by 2080, as governments and markets are unlikely to do enough against climate change, the Club of Rome think tank said.
Food Waste Denounced by Ministers as Almost 1 Billion Go Hungry
Rudy Ruitenberg
Food waste was denounced by farm ministers and policy makers gathered in Berlin as almost 1 billion people in developing countries go hungry.
To Seriously Improve Global Health, Reinvent the Toilet
The toilet is a magnificent thing. Invented at the turn of the 19th century, the flush version has vastly improved human life.
Study Indicates a Greater Threat of Extreme Weather
JUSTIN GILLIS
New research suggests that global warming is causing the cycle of evaporation and rainfall over the oceans to intensify more than scientists had expected, an ominous finding that may ind
Health and Science - UNDP, Global Fund gain ground on malaria in Liberia and Tajikistan
Jeffrey O'Malley
New York— The theme of this year’s World Malaria Day is “Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria,” and the organizers carefully selected this theme to remind us that we must sustain progress against malaria to save lives.
World's giant trees are dying off rapidly, studies show
John Vidal
Ecological 'kings of the jungle' being toppled by forest fragmentation, severe drought and new pests and diseases