All Blog Posts Tagged 'Change' (5)

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet.



We know that trees can help mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon dioxide from the earth’s atmosphere. But what is less widely understood is how many of these trees can also help to bring an end to hunger and poverty.







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As Himalayan tribes in Bhutan are forced to slaughter more yaks and erratic rainfall kill yields, villagers resort to appease local deities

Highlanders living at the base of the snowcapped Himalayan Mountains in Bhutan are witnessing unprecedented change in weather patterns. They have no clue why it is happening and resort to blaming their fate or appeasing the mountain gods and local deities or both.

Every winter, they are losing an increasing number…

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WRI continues the march of environmentally-driven credit analyses with a new report on the…

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Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.



As climate change worsens, and fresh water availability grows more erratic, the food security of small-scale farmers throughout Africa will increasingly depend on their water management abilities. Luckily, the tools for improving water management already exist. But, as a recent…

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Our World 2.0 is the United Nations premiere blog exploring the interconnections between biodiversity, climate change, peak oil and food security. It is a solution focused blog, but illustrates how complexity we face since solving one problem (say peak oil by biofuels) can have an adverse impact on another (say loss of biodiversity and food).



Please take a look at: http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/

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