Negative impact of biodiversity loss will be exponential
28 September 2012Source: The Hindu Business Line - “If we lose biodiversity, we will lose jobs, food, medicines, and our livelihood will be under threat. Unless (…)
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From Illegal Logging toTimber Laundering: Organized Crime Trade Worth over US$30 Billion Responsible for up to 90% of Tropical Deforestation
27 September 2012Between 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of the Amazon basin, Central Africa and South East Asia is being carried out by (…)
Climate Change Reducing Global GDP by $1.2 Trillion
27 September 2012Source: Bloomberg - Climate change and pollution related to carbon-dioxide emissions are reducing the world’s gross domestic product by 1.6 (…)
Climate Change, Metal and Waterways
27 September 2012Source: NY Times - High in the Rocky Mountains, just west of the Continental Divide, metal concentrations in the Upper Snake River have been (…)
Salt marshes to absorb carbon to 2050, but emit it later
27 September 2012Source: Reuters - Salt marshes around the world’s coasts will help slow climate change until about 2050 by soaking up greenhouse gases but then (…)
Davao to enact climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction in one ordinance
27 September 2012Source: Mindanews - The committee on environment and natural resources of the city council here will combine disaster risk reduction and climate (…)
100 million will die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate: report
26 September 2012Source: Reuters - More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by (…)
Climate change is already damaging global economy, report finds
26 September 2012Source: Guardian - Economic impact of global warming is costing the world more than $1.2 trillion a year, wiping 1.6% annually from global GDP
Climate Change Threatens Global Food Security
26 September 2012Source: This Day - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, has disclosed that climatic change has been fingered as a (…)
Coal exports make U.S. cleaner, EU more polluted
26 September 2012Source: Reuters - Shale gas has jolted traditional roles in the planet’s climate drama, giving cleaner fuel to the United States, whose displaced (…)
African Water Facility Supports the Construction of Multi-Purpose Dams in Zambia
26 September 2012The African Development Bank (http://www.afdb.org) approved on August 29, an African Water Facility (AWF) grant of €950,000 to support a project (…)
UN chief calls for ’coherent and coordinated’ system to tackle sustainable development issues
25 September 2012Source: Xinhua - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for a "coherent and coordinated" system to tackle sustainable development issues.