France24: Once viewed as an issue of interest only to greens or academics, the threat posed by climate change to…
OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050, Forthcoming in 2012
Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to increase, and in 2010 global energy-related…
(British Medical Journal) A recent report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has highlighted that the effects of…
For two years, the IISS ran a research programme funded by the European Commission into climate change and security. The IISS…
FAO: This year’s report focuses on the costs of food price volatility, as well as the dangers and opportunities presented…
The Global Adaptation Index (GaIn) summarizes a country’s Vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges on the one hand and…
Center for Biological Diversity
Our planet’s nearing a milestone: By the end of October, there will be a staggering 7 billion…
Somalia, DR Congo top Maplecroft’s food security risk ranking
A new study assessing the availability and stability of food supplies in 196…
Nature 476, 438–441 (25 August 2011) doi:10.1038/nature10311
Solomon M. Hsiang, Kyle C. Meng & Mark A. Cane
Here we directly associate planetary-scale…
Climate scientists agree that the existing gap between climate science and climate policy is profound. If the international community –…
KARACHI, Pakistan (AlertNet) – As population growth and climate change increase competition for water around the world, India and Pakistan…
LOKICHOGGIO, 29 July 2011 (IRIN) – Cross-border armed conflict over resources among Turkana pastoralists in northeastern Kenya has increased following…
Scientific American published a three-part series authored by award-winning science journalist John Carey and commissioned by the Pew Center on Global…
Yale Environment360: With global population expected to surpass 7 billion people this year, the staggering impact on an overtaxed planet…
Russia will deploy troops in the north to defend its interests in the Arctic region, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said…
Several large-scale climate patterns influenced climate conditions and weather patterns across the globe during 2010. The transition from a warm…
BY LESTER R. BROWN | MAY/JUNE 2011
Welcome to the new food economics of 2011: Prices are climbing, but the impact…
BY LESTER BROWN | JANUARY 10, 2011
As the new year begins, the price of wheat is setting an all-time high in the…
Geneva/Oslo, 6 June 2011 – Over 42 million people across the world were forced to flee due to disasters triggered…
Climate is a key determinant for today’s demography. Climatic conditions change over time due to natural climate variability, but changes…
Posted by Rachel Godfrey Wood Tuesday 26 April 2011 07.00 BST
It’s not always a great idea to acknowledge that bad things…
By Laurie Goering
LONDON (AlertNet) – Accelerating climate change and competition for limited supplies of water, food and energy are poised…
A report commissioned by the United States Navy concludes that climate change will pose profound challenges for the sea service…
“Climate change poses an immediate and grave threat, driving ill-health and increasing the risk of conflict, such that each feeds…
Current responses to climate change are failing to manage effectively…
The United Nations’ top climate change official said on Tuesday that food shortages and rising prices caused by climate disruptions…
Rising food prices have driven an estimated 44 million people into poverty in developing countries since last June as food…
Over the past year, the world has witnessed weather events on four continents so extreme that they stretch the limits…
Several major catastrophes in 2010 resulted in substantial losses and an exceptionally high number of fatalities. The overall picture last…
The Climate Vulnerability Monitor is a new tool built to assess the vulnerability of our world to the many effects…
A new Oxfam report “More than ever: climate talks that work for those that need them most”, says that 21,000…
United Nations climate change negotiations have failed to deliver an agreement on reducing future greenhouse gas emissions to levels that…
In July 2010, massive rain in Pakistan led to unprecedented flooding that submerged one-fifth of the country and affected more…
North Africa is a strategically important region for Europe and the broader transatlantic policy community. This paper aims to reach…
Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters looks at disasters primarily through an economic lens. Economists emphasize self-interest to explain how people choose…
Mennesket udleder CO2, Jordens temperatur stiger, landbrugsjord udtørrer, folk sulter, krig opstår. Nogenlunde sådan lyder forklaringen på, hvordan klimaforandringer kan…
A new global ranking, calculating the vulnerability of 170 countries to the impacts of climate change over the next 30…
Global warming and a race for resources could spark a new ‘cold war’ in the Arctic, US naval admiral warns…
America’s military should wean itself off oil by 2040 in order to end the high vulnerability of its fuel supply…
The web pages, produced with the support of leading scientists from the Met Office Hadley Centre and others, present an…
A study by a German military think tank has analyzed how “peak oil” might change the global economy. The internal…
It has been a summer of record temperatures – Japan had its hottest summer on record, as did South Florida…
Arctic Round-Up: New Sea Routes Opening Up, New Infrastructure Imagined, and Canada’s Taking Action
Melting and thinning ice in the Arctic…
Shipowners are showing growing interest in a fabled trade route to Asia which climate change is beginning to open up…
Human growth has strained the Earth’s resources, but as Johan Rockstrom reminds us, our advances also give us the science…
As the contradictions of Asia’s water challenges have been laid bare this summer—with millions affected by flooding while others are…
The FSI focuses on the indicators of risk and is based on thousands of articles and reports that are processed…
A new direction for climate policy
Rapid advance in addressing climate change is now possible for the first time in 15…
Copenhagen, Denmark – A new, warmer Arctic cannot continue to operate under rules that assume it is ice-covered and essentially…
