End Poverty
“All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind.” – Adam Smith
Tag: climate change
Desertification/Land Use
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification defines desertification as land degradation, which is the “reduction or loss in arid, semi‐arid, and dry sub‐humid areas, of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rain‐fed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest, and woodlands resulting.
Smart Cities
Sustainability is the process of maintaining change in a balanced environment, in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirations.
Health Impacts
“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer …
Extreme Weather
Extreme Weather History | References “Scientists predict a major upturn in the incidence of extreme weather events due to the changing climate. According to the …
Climate Crisis, Science, and Education
This alert from the Alliance of World Scientists (AWS) stresses that the world is in danger due to the climate crisis and that a paradigm …
Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: Rapid degradation of the world’s large lakes
This alert from the Alliance of World Scientists (AWS) brings to light disturbing evidence from studies pertaining to the ecosystems of the world’s large lakes. …
Scientists’ Warning on Endangered Food Webs
This alert from the Alliance of World Scientists (AWS) examines the collapse of food webs as a result of global change stressors. The following is …
Solutions for Humanity on How to Conserve Insects
This alert from the Alliance of World Scientists (AWS) examines insect diversity loss, the value of insects, and solutions for preventing further insect decline. The …