Climate negotiators meet in Bonn on Friday for the first time since the fractious Copenhagen summit but with scant hopes of patching together a new legally binding U.N. deal in 2010. Article Link:
U.N. Climate Talks Resume, Scant Chance of 2010 Deal – April 9 Read More »
Australia’s wildlife is becoming extinct faster than had been expected, and there is criticism that the old way, “lock it up” conservation, is not working. Article Link:
Pet Market Tipped to Save Endangered Wildlife – April 11 Read More »
AUSTRALIA has a history marked by uncertainty when it comes to population size. Even the Treasury’s Intergenerational Report that caused so much recent controversy by forecasting Australia’s population will rise to 36 million by 2050 is coy on the topic. Nowhere in its 164 pages does it set out the breakdown for the increase by
It’s Time for Open Discussion on How Big Is Too Big – April 11 Read More »
The United States and China clashed on Friday about how to revive climate talks in 2010, complicating the first U.N. session since the acrimonious Copenhagen summit fell short of agreeing a treaty. Article Link: http://www.enn.com/business/article/41205
China, U.S. Clash Over 2010 U.N. Climate Talks – April 10 Read More »
To fight poverty and overpopulation, crops need coaxing. Advances in deep-root food plants may trigger a new Green Revolution. Article Link:
How Science Could Spark a Second Green Revolution – April 6 Read More »
Some scientists are calling for more study of technological interventions to forestall catastrophic global warming. Why? Article Link:
What Is Geoengineering and Why Is It Considered a Climate Change Solution? – April 6 Read More »
Philanthropic support for climate-change issues tripled in 2008. Article Link: http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100406/full/464821a.html
Charities Warm to Climate – April 6 Read More »
The Coalition is returning to an old playbook, tapping into concerns about an increasing number of asylum seekers arriving by boat and linking that to the overall issue of immigration. That in turn links into people’s fears about rocketing house prices, water shortages and a fluctuating job market in recent troubled times and bingo –
Bring On the Population Debate Read More »
Population Facts – United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs * Population Division Fact sheet on MDG’s 2010/1 Article Link:
Speeding Progress on the Millennium Development Goals _ January 2010 Read More »
United Nations Population Facts Department of Economic and Social Affairs * Population Division No. 2010/3 Article Link:http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/popfacts/popfacts_2010-3.pdf
The Age Distribution of Deaths – April 2010 Read More »
