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From the Food and Agriculture Orangization of the United Nations, Climate change: major impacts on water for farming: Climate change will have major impacts on the availability of water for growing food and on crop productivity in the decades to come, warns a new FAO report. Climate Change, Water, and Food Security is a comprehensive survey of existing . . . → Read More: Doc alert: Climate change, water, and food Europe’s dry spring could lead to power blackouts, governments warn: One of the driest springs ever recorded in northern Europe could lead to power blackouts this summer, with nuclear reactors going offline because of low river levels. The exceptionally dry weather will also raise food prices and has already forced water restrictions on millions of people, say . . . → Read More: Europe 2011: Ground zero for the energy/water/food nexus New Study: Water Conservation Can Save Energy and Reduce Pollution:
New Study: Water Conservation Can Save Energy and Reduce Pollution Media interviews: Consumers may not be aware of the connection between water and energy consumption-or the greenhouse gases emitted as a byproduct. A new report, Drops of Energy: . . . → Read More: Doc alert: Drops of Energy The latest update from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization shows a rebound in world food prices:
» The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 232 points in April 2011, virtually unchanged from the revised March estimate, 36 percent above April 2010, but 2 percent below its peak in February 2011. A sharp increase in international . . . → Read More: The cost of food The latest UN population projection is out, and people are preparing to flip that leading digit as we hit 7,000,000,000 people on October 31, 2011. The current world population of close to 7 billion is projected to reach 10.1 billion in the next ninety years, reaching 9.3 billion by the middle of this . . . → Read More: Countdown to 7,000,000,000 Chris Mooney is valiantly attempting to understand the mindset of deniers, particularly those of the climate change stripe. In a new, longish piece in Mother Jones, he covers a lot of ground that will be familiar to many of you, dear readers. Chris wraps up an excellent overview of the situation: Given the power of . . . → Read More: The fierce insanity of us Is There Enough Water to Go Around?: A new study, led by The Nature Conservancy’s Rob McDonald and published in today’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals that as urban populations around the world continue to grow, water shortages in cities will become even more severe. This study, titled “Urban Growth, Climate Change and Freshwater Availability,” . . . → Read More: Doc alert: One billion people without enough water by 2050 Connections between poverty, water and agriculture: evidence from 10 river basins: The authors analysed livelihood conditions in 10 river basins over three continents to identify generalizable links between water, agriculture and poverty. There were significant variations in hydrological conditions, livelihood strategies and institutions across basins, but also systematic patterns across levels of economic development. At all levels, . . . → Read More: Doc alert: Poverty, water, and agriculture Autoblog Green has the short story of a surprising claim by one car company, Daimler: Fuel cell vehicles to cost no more than diesel hybrids by 2015. This is terrific news, right? Hydrogen fuel cell cars emit nothing but water vapor, after all. Can’t get much cleaner than that. It’s not quite that simple, of course. . . . → Read More: Cheap hydrogen cars coming! Good news? Well… Capturing China’s water needs: China occupies a prominent place in the global $483 billion market for equipment that treats, recycles, analyzes, desalinates, pumps and transports water – a market that’s expected to grow to well over $600 billion by 2016. China already ranks as the third-biggest market for water infrastructure, behind the U.S. at No. 1 and No. . . . → Read More: Doc alert: International water technology |
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