Water
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May 12th 2013
U.N. defines “water security”
Last summer, after walking for days to a refugee camp across the South Sudan border, some Sudanese refugees reportedly chose to dig holes to reach muddy water rather than face the fist-fights... -
April 17th 2013
Food Prize laureate calls for sustainability
As the population of the world soars toward 9 billion by midcentury, sustainable agriculture pioneer Daniel Hillel is “conditionally optimistic” that humanity will find a way to feed up to... -
March 27th 2013
Water scarcity for half the world by 2030
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that by 2030, nearly half the world's population could be facing a scarcity of water, with demand outstripping supply by 40 percent. One in three people... -
February 20th 2013 | Tags: Water
Efforts to preserve water
Population Matters comment Water is the new oil. A couple of pointers from the report: It is estimated that more than 60% of Europe's largest cities consume water faster than it... -
January 24th 2013 | Tags: Climate change, Water
No water means no food
Massive melting of Andes glaciers BBC "Glaciers in the tropical Andes have shrunk by 30-50% since the 1970s, according to a study. The glaciers, which provide fresh water for tens of millions... -
December 12th 2012
US report: The world in 2030
New technologies, dwindling resources and explosive population growth in the next 18 years will alter the global balance of power and trigger radical economic and political changes at a speed... -
November 11th 2012
Full Planet, Empty Plates
The Earth Policy Institute has published on its website a list of facts which are taken from Lester Brown’s book, Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity. With... -
October 9th 2012 | Tags: Climate change, Environment, Food, Land, Water
Flood risk and rural land management are key population issues
In light of the recent floods in various parts of England and Wales, I feel it is topical to address rural land management. Farming (like any enterprise) is subject to... -
September 25th 2012
Pakistan: Water availability dwindling
The per capita water availability [of Pakistan] is dwindling with every passing day, putting food security at risk, according to a Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) report on Saturday. The... -
September 23rd 2012
Farm animal slaughter to push up food prices
The mass slaughter of millions of farm animals across the world is expected to push food prices to their highest ever levels. As well as hitting consumers' pockets, the predicted...
