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Every weekday we collect headlines relevant to the scientific issues IHDP researches.

2012

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Business Green | 13 May 2012

MPs demand joined up policy to fix 'failed' food system

Food Security

Economic Times | 14 May 2012

Climate talks open in Bonn to tackle emissions targets

Climate Change

Economic Times | 14 May 2012

Jairam Ramesh asks UNDP to suggest ways for ‘greening’ rural development

Sustainability

The Independent | 14 May 2012

Drink your milk: waste is equal to gas emissions from 20,000 cars 

Food Security

The Guardian | 14 May 2012

Peru's coffee growers turn carbon traders to save their farms from climate change

Environmental Governance

Reuters | 14 May 2012

Mexican wind energy boom plays out on gusty shores

Green Economy

Yahoo! | 14 May 2012

Anti-whaling group leader arrested in Germany

Environmental Governance

ENN | 12 May 2012

Egypt to test multi-purpose power units

Sustainability

BusinessGreen | 11 May 2012

Coca-Cola promises millions of green bottles with £15m ECO Plastics plant

Green Economy

Guardian | 10 May 2012

Top scientists urge governments to solve environmental 'dilemmas'

Environmental Governance

Reuters | 10 May 2012

Asia faces threat to crops if El Nino unleashed again

Food Security

Yahoo! | 10 May 2012

Coconuts, wind and sun to power Pacific nations

Sustainability

IPS | 9 May 2012

Water Conflicts Move Up on U.S. Security Agenda

Human Security

NYTimes | 9 May 2012

Solar Installers Offer Deals, Gaining Converts

Green Economy

Environmental Leader | 8 May 2012

Carbon Emissions Are Like Cholesterol

Population Pressures

BusinessGreen | 10 May 2012

World Bank calls on countries to take urgent steps to protect 'natural capital'

Sustainability

Bloomberg | 10 May 2012

Antarctic Area Thought Stable Threatened by Warm Currents

Climate Change

IPS | 10 May 2012

Protecting Oceans Equals Protecting Our Planet

Coastal Zones

ScienceDaily | 8 May 2012

Weed-Eating Fish 'Help Protect Jobs, Livelihoods'

Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services

Reuters | 8 May 2012

Club of Rome sees 2 degree Celsius rise in 40 years

Climate Change

Guardian | 8 May 2012

Microsoft to go carbon neutral

Green Economy

New Scientist | 7 May 2012

Global warming heats up tornado debate 

Climate Change

Reuters | 7 May 2012

Asia to overtake Europe as global solar power grows - EPIA

Sustainability

BBC | 7 May 2012

Dinosaur gases 'warmed the Earth'

Climate Change

The Local | 7 May 2012

Swedish politicos 'don't buy climate change'

Climate Change

USA Today | 8 May 2012

Public support slips for steps to curb climate change

Climate Change

Nytimes | 7 May 2012

The Structural Revolution

Governance

Sentinel and Enterprise | 7 May 2012

Climate change getting attention from business

Green Economy

Philippine Daily Inquirer  | 4 May 2012

UN lauds Philippines’ climate change laws ‘world’s best’

Governance

Nytimes  | 2 May 2012

Report Points to Decline in Ability to Monitor the Earth

Climate Change

IPS News | 1 May 2012

U.S. Lifestyle Is Not Up for Negotiation

Sustainability

Rio+20 News and Media | 2 May 2012

Global Compact Calls on Companies to Commit to the Future We Want 

Green Economy

Our World 2.0 | 30 April 2012

A shift towards inclusive wealth indicators

Governance

Yahoo! News | 2 May 2012

Shoppers Eager for 'Green' News

Green Economy

Bloomberg | 3 May 2012

South Korean Parliament Approves Carbon Trading System

Governance

Business Green | 2 May 2012

Green gyms to tap power from the people

Sustainability

Nytimes | 1 May 2012

Climate Change and the Body Politic

Climate Change

The Washington Post | 2 May 2012

Critics say Discovery Channel’s ‘Frozen Planet’ sidesteps climate change issue

Climate Change

UPI | 1 May 2012

Economic growth said driving warming trend

Climate Change

UPI | 1 May 2012

U.S. rolls out 10-year climate study

Climate Change

Reuters | 1 May 2012

Green targets being watered down for UN summit - observers

Governance

Business Green | 27 April 2012

UN: Developing countries offer "staggering" clean tech opportunity

Green Economy

BBC | 26 April 2012

Green energy 'must be affordable' - Cameron 

Green Economy

Guardian | 26 April 2012

World needs to stabilise population and cut consumption, says Royal Society

Sustainability

BBC | 26 April 2012

Population and consumption key to future, report says

Sustainability

BBC | 23 April 2012

Renewables 'help jobs and growth'

Green Economy

Business Green | 24 April 2012

Unilever boss: Climate change cost company €200m last year

Green Economy

Business Green | 24 April 2012

Russian sustainability revolution promises to turn Red Square green

Sustainability

ENS | 23 April 2012

Earth Day Network Achieves One Billion Acts of Green

Sustainability

Yale 360 Environment | 23 April 2012

Insurance Companies Face Increased Risks from Warming

Extreme Risks

AFP | 24 April 2012

Gloomy outlook on summit for earth

Governance

Business Green | 23 April 2012 

Poll: Nine out of 10 people want more renewables

Sustainability

Nytimes | 23 April 2012

On Our Radar: Floating Wind Turbines

Sustainability

Rio+20 News and Media | 21 April 2012

Rio+20 Negotiations to Energize Sustainable Development Agenda Set to Resume Following Earth Day Celebrations

Governance

Federal Foreign Office News | 20 April 2012

Foreign Minister Westerwelle Welcomes Choice of Bonn as Host City for IPBES Secretariat

Governance

Yahoo! News | 20 April 2012

Americans Confess 'Green Guilt' Is Growing

Sustainability

Yahoo! News | 20 April 2012

'Greentelligence' keynote theme at world’s biggest industrial trade fair

Sustainability

IPS News | 19 April 2012

U.N. in Last Ditch Bid to Finalise Rio+20 Action Plan

Governance

BBC News | 19 April 2012

EU climate change 'worse for women' claim row

Climate Change

Business Green | 19 April 2012

EU: Green economy the solution to Europe's job crisis

Green Economy

VietNamNews | 20 April 2012

Climate policy needs local voice

Governance

Business Green | 18 April 2012

McKinsey: Solar will be cost competitive within a decade

Sustainability

Nytimes |17 April 2012

In Poll, Many Link Weather Extremes to Climate Change

Climate Change

The Guardian | 17 April 2012 

Rio+20 summit asks young people: what environmental future do you want?

Sustainability

Business Green | 17 April 2012

Walmart ramps up renewable energy generation as waste levels fall

Sustainability

Yahoo! News | 17 April, 2012

Six nations volunteer to host Green Climate Fund: UN

Climate Change

Nytimes | 16 April 2012

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Headed Up Again

Climate Change

The Guardian | 16 April 2012

David Cameron halts compulsory green deal policy on home improvements

Governance

Business Green | 16 April, 2012 

Mexico poised to pass landmark climate change act

Governance

Co Exist | April Edition 

Putting A Value On The World’s Oceans

Green Economy

Yale Environment 360 | 12 April, 2012

Besieged by Climate Deniers, A Scientist Decides to Fight Back

Climate Change

AFP | 10 April 2012

Brazil stresses need for world consensus at Rio+20 meet  

Governance

Shanghai Daily | 10 April, 2012

Now is the time to rethink needs and wants

Governance

Rio +20 News and Media |

Ban: new economic paradigm needed, including social and environmental progress

Sustainability

Triple Pundit | 2 April 2012

Brazil and India’s Financial Wealth Grows While Their Natural Capital Plummets

Green Economy

Guardian | 29 March 2012

Bhutan to advise United Nations on a new economy: happiness

Green Economy | Inclusive Wealth

NY Times Green | 29 March 2012

Time Is Nigh for Global Action, Manifesto Warns

Green Economy | Sustainability | Planet Under Pressure

NY Times Dot Earth Blog | 29 March 2012

Scientists Call for Practical Steps to Smooth Humanity’s Journey

Planet Under Pressure

 

PhysOrg | 28 March 2012

Beyond GDP: Experts preview 'Inclusive Wealth' index

Green Economy | Well-Being

NY Times Dot Earth Blog | 29 March 2012

Scientists Call for Practical Steps to Smooth Humanity’s Journey

Planet Under Pressure

 

PhysOrg | 28 March 2012

Beyond GDP: Experts preview 'Inclusive Wealth' index

Green Economy | Well-Being

SciDev | 28 March 2012

India beats Australia on 'inclusive wealth'

Inclusive Wealth | Green Economy

 

Reuters | 28 March 2012

True economic measure includes natural assets: scientists

Inclusive Wealth | Green Economy

Nature | 28 March 2012

International alliance will tackle global change

Planet Under Pressure | Sustainability

 

Voice of America | 28 March 2012

Report Outlines Unstable Global Food Situation

Food Security | Planet Under Pressure

 

DAWN | 28 March 2012

Population adds to planet's pressure cooker, but few options

Population | Planet Under Pressure

 

MSNBC | 27 March 2012

World's cities to expand by more than twice the size of Texas by 2030

Urbanization | UGEC | Planet Under Pressure

 

Reuters | 27 March 2012

Global warming close to becoming irreversible: scientists

Planet Under Pressure | Vulnerability, and Adaptation

 

AFP | 27 March 2012

Shadow of 'Anthropocene' falls over Rio Summit

Governance | Planet Under Pressure

 

Live Science | 27 March 2012

Swelling Cities Threaten Humanity, Experts Say

Urbanization | UGEC | Planet Under Pressure

 

Physorg | 27 March 2012

Top priorities in biodiversity science agreed

Planet Under Pressure | Biodiversity

 

Reuters AlertNet | 26 March 2012

World Congress Hopes to Enforce Commitments Made at Rio+20

Governance

 

BBC | 26 March 2012

Welcome to the Anthropocene - what now?

Planet Under Pressure | Sustainability

 

Financial Times | 26 March 2012

Shell risks losing out in green energy drift

Green Economy | Planet Under Pressure

 

SciDev | 26 March 2012

Environmental change trends 'mixed bag', meeting hears

Planet Under Pressure | Urbanization

 

Business Green | 26 March 2012

Spelman unveils latest push to value ecosystems

Ecosystem Services | Planet Under Pressure

 

BBC | 26 March 2012

UK carbon measuring centre 'to improve climate future'

Planet Under Pressure | Climate Change | Sustainability

 

Manila Bulletin | 25 March 2012

2012 Planet Under Pressure Conference

Planet Under Pressure

 

NY Times Dot Earth Blog | 25 March 2012

Managing a Planet Under Pressure

Planet Under Pressure | Governance

 

The Sudbury Star | 25 March 2012

Our community, our climate

Planet Under Pressure | Climate Change | Human Behaviour

 

Rio +20 News and Media | 17 March, 2012

Ban urges integrating environmental, social and economic aspects of development

Sustainability

  

Yale Environment 360 | 15 March, 2012 

Digital Defenders: Tribal People Use GPS to Protect Their Lands

Urbanization

 

Zee News | 15 March, 2012

Global funding vital to take on climate change: Survey

Climate Change

 

Yale Environment 360 | 12 March, 2012

Innovation is Not Enough: Why Polluters Must Pay

Governance

 

The need for women's empowerment

Human Security

 

The Times of India | 9 March, 2012

China offers to share water management experience

Sustainability

AFP | 12 March, 2012

Water crunch looms without action on waste: UN report

Governance

IPS | 9 March, 2012

Central America Looks to Sustainable Development

Sustainability

Yahoo News | 9 March, 2012

Entire Pacific nation could one day move to Fiji

Climate Change

Scientific American | 8 March, 2012

India Balks at Greenhouse Gas Emission Cuts

Governance

ENS | 6 March, 2012

World Meets Safe Drinking Water Target Ahead of Schedule

Sustainability 

Blog | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Assigning Value to Biodiversity, and the 2011 Human Development Report

Health

Business Green | 02 March 2012

How to turn sewage plants into power stations

Sustainability 

IPS | 02 March 2012

KENYA: Microloans, Greenhouses Help Women Cope with Climate Change

Climate Change

Business Green | 1 March, 2012

End of "easy water" forces businesses to adapt

Sustainability 

IPS News | 29 February, 2012

Climate Funding Needs Gender Equity 

Climate Change

Yahoo News | 28 February, 2012

Poll: US belief in warming rises with thermometer

Climate Change

Rio +20 News and Media | 28 February, 2012

Migiro calls for systematic strategies to empower women in rural areas

Food Security

Yale Environment 360 | 28 February, 2012

Beyond Cap and Trade, A New Path to Clean Energy

Sustainability

The New York Times | 25 February, 2012

Op-Ed: A Good Question

Governance

UN News Centre | 24 February, 2012

UN-backed forum to discuss early action ahead of next drought in Horn of Africa

Food Security

Reuters | 24 February, 2012

Factbox: Why oceans are key to the global economy

Sustainability

Rio + 20 News and Media | 23 February, 2012

Ministers at UN meeting pledge to ensure action on sustainable development

Sustainability 

New York Times | 22 February, 2012

Trade Battles Buffet Europe’s Green Efforts

Green Economy

The Washington Post | 21 February, 2012

AP Interview: UN climate chief courts CEOs in bid to accelerate efforts to curb warming

Governance

Co. Exist | 22 February, 2012

What The Global Food Supply Will Look Like In 2021

Food Security

IPS | 19 February, 2012

Building Sustainable Future Needs More Than Science, Experts Say

Sustainability 

New York Times | 17 February, 2012

A Second Front in the Climate War

Climate Change

Guardian | 16 February, 2012

Al Gore: How to modify capitalism so it takes a greener long view 

Governance 

Yale environment 360 | 16 February, 2012

Busting the Forest Myths: People as Part of the Solution

Behavior

The New York Times | 15 February, 2012

U.S. Pushes to Cut Emissions of Some Pollutants That Hasten Climate Change

Climate Change 

Hedegaard confident that Rio+20 can deliver

Governance

Rio +20 News and Media | 14 February, 2012

Best practices for sustainable development in emerging-market cities

Sustainability 

Co. Exist | February 2012

Best practices for sustainable development in emerging-market cities

Behavior | Sustainability 

IPS | 13 February, 2012

Can Europe Derail the Shale Gas Express?

Risks

Yale Environment 360 | 13 February, 2012

Can Smarter Growth Guide China’s Urban Building Boom?

Urbanization

The Economic Times | 13 February, 2012

Environment ministers of BASIC to discuss climate strategy

Climate Change | Governance

Reuters | 13 February, 2012

Tensions grow over EU aviation emissions

Governance

The Independent | 10 February , 2012

UK to press for global green accounting system

Governance

Rio + 20 News and Media | 8 February, 2012

A new model for sustainable water supply in the developing world

Sustainability

Associated Press | 9 February, 2012

Island Nations Eyeing World Court in Campaign to Address Climate Change

Climate Change

Voice of America | 2 February, 2012

Study: Animal Products Must Double in 30 Years

Food SecurityClimate Change

The Hindu | February 8, 2012

Climate critical to farm policy decisions

Climate Change

IPS | February 7, 2012

Cuba on the Road to Clean Energy Development

Sustainability

Yale 360 Environment | 6 February , 2012

In Fast-Track Technology, Hope For a Second Green Revolution

Food Security | Climate Change

Project Sydicate | 6 February, 201

Seizing Sustainable Development

Sustainability

Voice of America | January 3

Ugandans Invest in Trees, For Profit, Conservation

Green Economy | Sustainability

The times of India | February 3

Equity must be basis of climate talks: PM

Governance

The Economic Times | 2 February, 2012

Indian PM says lack of collective will on climate change

Governance

Rio + 20 News and Media | 2 January, 2012

Rio+20 discusses the creation of an "environmental WTO"

Governance

The Economic Times | 1 February, 2012

Kyoto Protocol should be sincerely followed: India

Governance 

UN News Centre | 1 February, 2012

UN launches information system to boost disaster prevention, food security measures

Food Security

AFP | January 31

100 countries back world environment agency: France

Governance

Climate Wire | January 31

U.N. pitches Rio+20 talks as a departure from political strife over climate change

Sustainability | Climate Change

Yahoo News | January 31

UN panel says retool world economy for sustainability

Sustainability 

The Indian Times | January 31

India opposes UN panel’s ‘back door’ for green caps

Governance

UN News Centre | January 28

First round of talks ahead of UN sustainable development conference ends

Sustainability | Governance

Business Green | January 27

UNFCCC launches climate adaption guide for businesses

Sustainability 

Yahoo News | January 27

Rio summit must yield new model: Brazil minister

Governance

Yahoo News | January 27

No chance for climate deal unless firms join push: UN

Governance 

UN News Centre | January 25

Green investment needed in marine sector to trigger economic, social benefits – UN

Sustainability | Green Economy

Bloomberg | January 25

Solar Cheaper Than Diesel Making India’s Mittal Believer: Energy

Sustainability | Green Economy

Reuters | January 24

Clean up world seas to boost economy, U.N. body says

Biodiversity | Food Security

UN News Centre | January 23

Higher EU CO2 cut 'fundamental' to developing world

Climate Change

Reuters |  January 23

Tracking Microclimates could feed the world

Climate Change | Food Security

Yale Environment 360 | January 19

As Roads Spread in Rainforests, The Environmental Toll Grows

Urbanization 

The Economic Times | January 18

China report spells out 'grim' climate change risks

Climate Change

January 2012

UN News Centre | 18 January 

As quakes wreak havoc for second year, UN urges seismic threats be taken seriously

Extreme risks

Voice of America | January 18

Study: Nature Creates Buffer Against Climate Change

Biodiversity & Ecosystem services

Rio+20 News & Media | January 18

January on Road to Rio: A Green City Journey

Sustainability

UN News Centre | 17 January 

Industrial energy efficiency vital for sustainable development – UN report

Sustainability | Green economy

ENS | 16 January 

Environmental Risk 'High' from Italian Cruise Shipwreck

Extreme risks

ENS | January 16

World Future Energy Summit Highlights Renewables, Sustainability

Environmental governance | Sustainability

16 January

UN News Centre | January 16

UN partners with European Commission to promote ‘climate-smart’ agriculture

Food security

IPS | January 16

Melting Ice Makes Arctic Access a Hot Commodity

Environmental governance

15 January

UN News Centre | 15 January

At Abu Dhabi forum, Ban calls for ensuring clean energy future for all

Sustainability | Environmental governance

13 January

Voice of America | January 13

Study: Slow Global Warming by Cutting Soot, Methane

Climate change | Sustainability

Green Conduct | January 13

Top Four Climate Studies of 2011

Climate change

12 January

New Scientist | 12 January

Lethal viruses could leap continents in bushmeat trade

Food security | Health

Reuters | 12 January

Warmer summers cause colder winters, scientists say

Climate change

The Guardian | 12 January

Green energy investment soars to $260bn

Green economy | Sustainability

11 January

IPS | 11 January

Rio+20: The Moment When Everything Changed?

Climate change | Environmental governance

UN News Centre | 11 January

UN urges Group of 77 nations to champion development agenda

Environmental governance | Sustainability

9 January

Yale Environment 360 | 9 January

As Fukushima Cleanup Begins, Long-term Impacts are Weighed

Extreme risks

6 January

The Guardian | 6 January

Three ideas that are good for both economy and environment

Environmental governance | Sustainability

The Guardian | 6 January

All these electric cars – who's going to buy them?

Sustainability

5 January

Green conduct | 5 January

An Uncertain Mandate from Durban

Environmental governance

The Guardian | 5 January

Ex-UN climate chief says business should get ready for low-carbon world

Environmental governance | Green Economy

4 January 2012

The Washington Post | 4 January

Top climate change stories of 2011

Climate change

ENS | 4 January

Natural Disasters Make 2011 a Record Year for Insurance Loss

Extreme risks

Yale 360 Environment | 4 January

Solar Power Off the Grid:Energy Access for World’s Poor

Sustainability

3 January 2012

ENS | 3 January

Environmental Priorities to Dominate UN Chief's Second Term

Environmental governance

ENN | 3 January 2012

Mercury in the Atmosphere

Food security

BusinessGreen | 3 January

12 green business predictions for 2012

Green economy

2 January 2012

ENS | 2 January

Shell Oil Spill Hits Nigerian Shores, Fishing Suspended

Extreme risks

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