Deforestation and forest degradation are responsible for approximately 11% of global carbon emissions. That is more than the entire global transportation sector and second only to the energy sector.

In some disasters, economies appear to rebound better than expected. Occasionally, however, disasters will cause damage to critical assets that will impede recovery to such a large degree that the.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) along with Quosient Ltd. (trading as Earth Blox) and scientists from the University of Edinburgh are working to develop an early warning system to.

Rice is one of the most strategic commodities in the world. It is closely connected with food security, economic growth, employment, culture and regional peace. Although the world has made.

The United Nations (UN) has projected the global population will reach 7.3 billion people by 2030 and surpass 9 billion by 2050 - with this comes a number of social and ecological risks.

Despite the world making remarkable progress in combating poverty through the United Nations Millennium Development and Sustainable Development Goals, over 300 million people in Africa still live in.

Antarctica’s ice sheet is melting so rapidly that now over 200 billion tonnes of ice is pouring into the ocean annually, causing sea levels to increase by a half-millimetre every year.

Good quality water is essential for human, ecosystem and economic health. However, around 80% of the world’s wastewater is currently released without adequate treatment back into the environment,.