There is a potentially dramatic change in the location and availability of natural gas globally. If all comes to pass as predicted, it would alter the geopolitical power of some countries like Russia, while lessening American, and possibly Chinese, Indian, and European, dependence on foreign oil and gas. Unlike normal natural gas, which is often found […]
I’ve been irremediably optimistic about renewables for some time. Here are just a few more reasons why: Army to Build Out 500 MW of Solar in the Mojave – I recently pointed out where the world’s solar hotspots are. No surprise to find the Mojave is among them. So, as Reuters reports here, the US […]
Plant scientist Dr. Gebisa Ejeta was awarded the 2009 World Food Prize for his development of drought resistant sorghum seeds, which have helped African farmers increase their crop yield. The $250,000 prize is awarded each year by the World Food Prize Foundation, which was established by Norman Borlaug, known as the “Father of the Green […]
October 16th is World Food Day, an opportunity for education and action on food issues, both globally and locally. Throughout the past year, the Global Food Crisis blog has posted about a variety of issues including the security, availability, safety, trade and organizations that deal with food. We invite you to mark World Food Day […]
Another important meeting taking place during World Food Week is the World Food Prize symposium taking place in Des Moines, Iowa. With leaders from business and government agencies, the symposium has been discussing how public-private partnerships can increase sustainable production of food. Read more about the proceedings of today’s symposium by reading or watching online.
There’s a great front-page article at the “NY Times” today about how three trillion cubic feet of methane leak into the air every year, much of it from oil and gas operations, and how some companies are attempting to stem the tide of leaks. The article says “This amount has the warming power of emissions […]
Every day is action day on climate change for this blog, but the good folks at Change.org and The Alliance for Climate Protection are sponsoring an international event today, Blog Action Day, that hopes to unite the blogosphere to discuss, promote and move folks to action to help avert climate catastrophe. (Clean and renewable energy, sane […]
Here’s a very good little video from SmartPlanet.com, a CBS Interactive website. For more, see my posts here on Carbon Markets.
I wrote in July on a number of comprehensive reports on how climate change is devastating many parts of the world and many different sectors. (See Impacts.) I also referenced a stunning “National Geographic Magazine” article on the drought in Australia. Well, the “Financial Times” has a story on drought right here in the US, […]
A new edition of the annual The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2009 report was released jointly today by the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP). Subtitled “Economic Crises – Impact and lessons learned,” the report looks at the convergence of the recent global food crisis that hit […]
During the first day of the Food and Agricultural Organization’s (FAO) High Level Expert Panel on “How to Feed the World in 2050” on Monday, the organization’s Director General Jacques Diouf said that in order to keep up with a population that is expected to increase from 6.7 billion currently to more than 9 billion […]
World Food Day will be celebrated on Friday, October 16 – the final event of World Food Week – recognizing the creation of the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and its mission of “defeating hunger.” FPA’s Global Food Crisis blog will follow events held to commemorate World Food Week. Each year, World Food Day […]
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