Food Shocks: how environmental risks could affect a country’s economy What happens when increasing populations and incomes lead to higher demand for resource-intensive food while climate change and resource scarcity disrupt food supply? A new report released today by Global Footprint Network and the UNEP Finance Initiative finds that this growing imbalance of food demand […]
Save the Turtles (Again)
Conservation laws need reshaping to protect sea turtles Researchers call for socioeconomic infuences to be factored into future protection policies An article from the University of Exeter shows that a broader focus is needed to ensure adequate protection for sea turtles. An illegal trade in marine turtles is continuing despite legislation and conservation awareness campaigns, a […]
Happiness Index
Don’t Worry, be (equally) Happy: The Inequality of Happiness The World Happiness Report, that annual-ish ranker of the world’s chillest, smiliest, most satisfied countries (a contest in which Scandinavia regularly kicks the rest of the world’s teeth in), this year added a new dimension to its analysis: Inequality. Normally we talk about inequality in terms of […]
Trending: UN Goals for Sustainable Development
UN sustainable development agenda to guide development actions for the next 15 years. Seventeen goals are targeted including protection of biodiversity. The site referenced below provides specific targets and regular reports on activity to achieve these. The new UN Agenda calls on countries to begin efforts to achieve 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the […]
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