The human face of the existing impact of Climate Change is now being quantified. Climate Change is a human crisis where the poor of the world are already suffering significant illness, loss of life and livelihood.
Report projects that by 2030, worldwide deaths will reach almost 500,000 per year; people affected by climate change annually expected [...]
Archive for the ‘Food Security’ Category
Global Humanitarian Forum – Climate Change responsible for 300,000 deaths a year
Posted in Catalysts for Action, Climate Change, Food Security, Water Shortages, tagged Climate Change, Food Security, Global Humanitarian Forum, human crisis, Kofi Annan on 14, June, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
California’s Water Woes Threaten the Entire Country’s Food Supply | Water | AlterNet
Posted in Climate Change, Food Security on 13, June, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
US Secretary of Energy, Dr Stephen Chu is telling it like it is. Described as a “Cassandra on a mission of truth” and “a dystopian breath of fresh air” in this posting from AlterNet. | Water| the issues of California’s retreating water supply get a good airing. Scott Thill states
“Simply put, global warming, human-induced [...]
Global food shock likely, as Australian agriculture effected by climate change
Posted in Climate Change, Food Security on 28, September, 2007, | Leave a Comment »
This scenario will be horribly familiar to anyone with a long term view of the challenges of 21C, readers of Malthus, Erhlich’s Population Bomb (1968) or good Permaculture training.
But even then it can be a bit of shock when your worst concerns of years, in my case 30+, are being echoed by conservative political [...]
