Food

January 30, 2009

Feeding the nine billion

Food prices have fallen significantly from their peak last year — but that doesn’t mean that policymakers can start to heave a sigh of relief.  more…

January 26, 2009

Cutting emissions through innovation

More and more of our leaders now recognise climate change as the most significant environmental, economic and security threat facing humanity. more…

January 19, 2009

Sea level rise in Kowanyama

“When that whole ocean comes and rises up, where are we going to go?” ponders Inherkowinginambana, a Kunjen elder from Kowanyama, a coastal Aboriginal community in tropical Queensland, Australia. more…

January 13, 2009

Harvest time in satoyama

For many Japanese, satoyama represents the ideal of coexistence between humans and nature. It is commonly described as secondary woodlands and grasslands adjunct to small villages, and is the scene of rich biological diversity. more…

January 6, 2009

From naïve to Evian

As you celebrated the new year recently with a few (or perhaps a few too many) drinks, one essential item likely helped get you through the night — water, bottled please. more…