As World’s Population Booms, Will Its Resources Be Enough for Us?
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Lisa Schlein
GENEVA - The World Meteorological Organization reports the earth's protective ozone layer is on track to recovery by the middle of the century. The agency says the so-called Montreal Protocol, which calls for the phase out of ozone-depleting substances is working.
Louis Charbonneau
The U.N. Development Program warned in a report on Wednesday that income disparities in countries around the world have been worsening, posing new risks for global economic and political stability.
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DAVOS-RISKS/:World Economic Forum warns of dangers in growing inequality
* Ahead of Davos meeting, forum warns of "lost" generation
* Widening wealth gap ranked as top global risk in 2014
* Extreme weather next most likely cause of major shocks
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UN Development Goals - projected on the UN General Assembly building in New York
Daniel DeNoon
The apocalypse has a new date: 2048.
That's when the world's oceans will be empty of fish, predicts an international team of ecologists and economists. The cause: the disappearance of species due to overfishing, pollution, habitat loss, and climate change.
UNITED NATIONS — The global economic losses from natural disasters like earthquakes, floods, droughts and cyclones and have continued rising to reach an average of $250 billion to $300 billion annually, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday.
HEATHER DEESE, PH.D. SUSIE ARNOLD, PH.D.
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“Blue carbon” is a term you might be hearing more often. It refers to marine vegetation that has an inherent ability to sequester carbon and mitigate the consequences of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Richard Schiffman
A small but growing number of entrepreneurs are creating sea-farming operations that cultivate shellfish together with kelp and seaweed, a combination they contend can restore ecosystems and mitigate the impacts of ocean acidification.
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John Beddington’s Perfect Storm
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