As concentrations of carbon dioxide reach record levels, climate change experts warn that hundreds of millions of people will find themselves displaced in the next century due to desertification, floods, and rising seas. [The Guardian] The geopolitics behind the Syrian conflict and the instability in the Arab world. [The Guardian] After severe conflict in northern [...]
Tag Archives: Hunger
870 Millionen Menschen leiden weltweit an Hunger und Unterernährung
Im Zeitraum 2010-2012 hungerten weltweit 870 Millionen Menschen – jeder achte Mensch. Das geht aus dem aktuellen Bericht „State of Food Insecuritiy in the World 2012“ hervor, den die Ernährungs- und Landwirtschaftsorganisation (FAO) der UNO Anfang Oktober veröffentlicht hat. Der Großteil der chronisch unterernährten Menschen, 852 Millionen, lebt in Entwicklungsländern. „In der heutigen Welt mit [...]
Signs of the NY Times: Big Energy silences Solar. Cambodia rewarded for land grabs. No argument for the US in Syria. Local fisheries can and must be saved.
Fossil fuel producers are strong-arming renewable energies. The international community can but won’t stop Cambodian land grabs. The U.S. has no solid reason to join the chaos in Syria. TURF can save local fisheries, and fish.
Signs of the NY Times: HFCs and the Montreal Protocol, Guns in the E.R., Digital data centers V. the Environment
Let HFCs be the new CFCs in terms of eliminating them. Guns from the perspective of an E.R. nurse, Roger Cohen stirs up the organic food debate. Data Centers are the anonymous power wasters.
Signs of the NY Times: Lagging agricultural economy, The human cost of ivory, Dwindling religious tolerance
The agriculture sector is lagging. Ivory trade claims human victims as well. Religious intolerance on the rise. Frackers lose a battle.
Das Hunger-Getreide
Immer mehr Nahrungsmittel landen im Tank statt auf dem Teller. Im letzten Jahr wurden 40 Prozent der US-Maisernte für Ethanol eingesetzt. Das Angebot von Nahrungsmitteln wird künstlich verknappt. Die Folge: Die Lagerbestände sinken, die Weltmarktpreise steigen – und schwanken zugleich stärker als je zuvor. Biosprit erzeugt Hunger Das US-Landwirtschaftsministerium selbst schätzt, dass die US-Ethanolproduktion zu [...]
Press Review: Flooding in Chad adds to food insecurity & UN compiles Syria war crimes list
Spikes in food prices could be lowered by 35% if the UK were to remove government biofuel mandates. [The Guardian] A report by Human Rights Watch that documents extrajudicial executions has been added to the UN’s list of war crimes in Syria. [BBC] After a severe drought that lead to food insecurity, flooding in Chad [...]
Signs of the NY Times: Big Ag wins again. Organic food contradiction? Domino effect in Mali. Exploited Bangladeshi workers.
Big Agriculture dictates U.S. Farm Bill. Perils of the organic food movement. Strife in Mali threatens to spread. Exploited Bangladeshi workers sewing clothes for Calvin Klein.
Press Review: Syria’s homeless & Hunger crisis ignored in Yemen
The need for humanitarian aid in and around Syria is increasing. One and a half million Syrians within Syria are homeless and in need of shelter while another 250,000 are expected to seek refuge in camps outside the country’s borders. [BBC] International sources are funding Brazil’s Belo Monte dam, which will be the world’s third [...]
Was heißt eigentlich Hunger?
Laut dem Welternährungsprogramm braucht der Mensch rund 2100 Kilokalorien am Tag. Nimmt man über einen längeren Zeitraum weniger Kalorien zu sich, gilt man als „unterernährt“. Spekulationen mit Nahrungsmitteln treiben immer mehr Menschen in die Unterernährung.
News Crumbs from the NYT: Africa and India
What’s the price of development? Three reports from Africa and India are shedding light on extensive human encumbrances.
Press Review: Yemen’s collapse & Waiting for Brazil’s forest code veto
Researchers have developed a new map that plots exact locations of valuable timber in the Amazon forest. The information could be an effective way to target areas at risk of illegal logging and stop deforestation. [The Guardian] The collapse of Yemen is coming from all sides including widespread thirst and hunger—44% of its people are [...]
