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 […]
An excellent Economist Special Report on the World Economy last week led with a quote from Pimco CEO, Mohamed El-Erian, that the economy has reached a “new normal,” or recovery on a reduced (less prosperous) path. The Special Report rightly focused on US imbalances with China, the fiscal mess we’re in worldwide (especially in the United […]
Mined tin ore from the Eastern DRC Advocates against illegal mining and resource-fuelled conflict gained another small victory with a leading trader of tin on the London Metal Exchange announcing that it is suspending all purchases of tin ore from the Democratic Republic of the Congo until a certification scheme can be put in place […]
Examines the comparative political economy of the Obama Healthcare reform debate by exploring the national opportunity cost functions of healthcare reform vs. military spending and how to pay for it. Article suggests a re-allocation of the nation’s muscular sacred cow — military spending as a means to pay for a national universal healthcare system.
“Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi,” writes columnist Anne Applebaum in The Washington Post, “has been accused of bribery, tax evasion, corruption and subversion of the press.” He makes embarrassing jokes and is at war with the Italian legal establishment. His wife has left him on the grounds that he consorts with prostitutes and holds orgies […]
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 […]
Once again, with a couple of honorable exceptions, the U.S. media failed to deliver on a major story about the European Union, which groups America’s closest allies and trading and investment partners. It’s true that EU stories are often hard to make interesting, but the American media has never really tried to do so for […]
Not to be missed on tonight’s Frontline–the newest from correspondent Martin Smith and RAINmedia on the war in Afghanistan. “Obama’s War” airs on Frontline on Tuesday, October 13 at 9pm on PBS (check local listings). According to RAINmedia: “Three years ago, a small cadre of US army officers huddled at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to re-write […]
There’s been a lot of worry in recent years over Russia’s ‘resurgence’ onto the world scene. The thinking went that Russia was suddenly a major power again because they renewed some bomber flights and sold weapons to places like Venezuela and Iran. Of course, this was all very sensationalist and had very little bearing in […]
In a year, essential Rising Power Brazil goes to the polls. The election is currently heating up. On October 3, 2010 (and if need be, in a second round on October 24), Brazilians will vote for president, all 26 of their governors, all 513 members of the lower house of Congress, and two-thirds of their 81 senators. […]
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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