As Global Temperature Rises, So Do Food Prices
As concerns mount over extreme weather hitting global food systems this year, governments are no closer to forging a pact to fight climate change. The effects of extreme weather on crops are only beginning to be understood.
For decades scientists studied the effect of global warming on crops by simply raising temperatures and carbon dioxide levels in greenhouses. They did not take into account the effects of floods and droughts, or reduced yields that result from higher temperatures.
BBC World’s Hot Cities, Episode Seven: Counting the Cost
Editor’s note: We will continue to update our site as each episode is aired. Please click here to watch all the episodes. China has the biggest population and the fastest growing economy in the world, it is also the worst polluter on the planet. Shanghai, the country’s financial and commercial hub, is right at the heart [...]
Climate Change Already Devasting Human Lives in South Asia
Climate Catastrophe: At Some Point, It Gets Personal Opinion: Posted at DeSmogBlog, August 17, 2009 by Miriam Zitner It was meeting a family with a mother working through typhoid fever to serve me breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday for two weeks that finally made me realize that the way we North Americans lead our unsustainable [...]
Against the waves: Flood defences in Bangladesh
Our finger is on the trigger. If we don’t cut carbon in the developed world, we’re taking lives in the emerging world.
This Guardian photo series shows courageous people in Bangladesh trying to keep rising sea levels from destroying their villages.
