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• Action on climate change is cheaper than inaction February 2, 2015
  Many are afraid that tackling climate change is going to be too costly. But increasingly, studies are showing action will not just be cheaper than inaction, but could actually result in economic, environmental and even health benefits, while improving sustainability. This new page includes more information on the above issues. Read full article: Action on […]
• 2014 warmest year since records began February 1, 2015
  Recently released data showed that 2014 was the hottest year since records began in 1880. This update includes updated charts and graphs and animations that look into this further. Read full article: Climate Change and Global Warming Introduction
• COP20 — Lima Climate Conference January 24, 2015
  An overview of the Climate Change Conference (also known as COP 20), held in Lima, Peru in December 2014. While it seemed like it was a successful meeting, because developing nations were committed to drawing up their own plans for emissions reductions for the first time, a number of important issues were left undecided such […]
• Foreign aid: rebounds in 2013 to highest levels ever despite budget pressures, but still way below promised amounts September 28, 2014
  The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) recently published new preliminary figures for aid in 2013. It showed official development assistance (ODA) aid from wealthy governments had increased to just under $135 billion in 2013 (at constant 2012 prices). This is roughly 0.3% of GNI (Gross National Income) of the donor nations. Yet, over […]
• Foreign aid: shortfall since 1970 almost $5 trillion; greater than aid given September 28, 2014
  Over 40 years ago, rich country governments agreed to give 0.7% of their GNI (Gross National Income) as official aid to poor countries for development assistance. The average aid delivered each year has actually been between 0.2 to 0.4%. The shortfall has therefore accumulated to almost $5 trillion dollars at 2012 prices, while total aid […]
• Ebola Outbreak In West Africa September 27, 2014
  An overview of the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa that has been described by the World Health Organization as the largest, most severe and most complex outbreak in the history of the disease. The epidemic began at the end of 2013, in Guinea. From there it spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal. […]
• 75% of the world’s large carnivores are now in decline while rhino poaching continues to soar January 19, 2014
  A recent study has found that three quarters of the world’s big carnivores are in decline, due to declining habitats and persecution by humans. This is also having a negative impact on the environment because top predators have a crucial role in any given ecosystem which is hard to replace. At the same time, the […]
• Tobacco kills. Higher taxes and advertising controls work January 5, 2014
  It is well known that tobacco smoking kills. But it also exacerbates poverty, contributes to world hunger by diverting prime land away from food production, damages the environment and reduces economic productivity. Second hand smoking also affects other people’s lives. Despite many attempts to prevent it, a global tobacco control treaty became international law in […]
• COP19 - Warsaw Climate Conference December 4, 2013
  An overview of the Climate Change Conference (also known as COP 19), held in Warsaw, Poland in November 2013. Predictably and sadly, the same issues have resurfaced: West stalling on doing anything, lack of funding, disagreement on priorities, etc. This page is an overview of the Warsaw Climate conference and also includes a feed of […]
• Global warming has not paused, unfortunately November 11, 2013
  In recent weeks there have been more questions about whether climate change has paused, or even stopped. However, it seems that maybe these suggestions are coming from looking at long term surface temperature changes only which do seem to have shown a small decline in very recent years. But the bigger picture shows that overall, […]