The UK Vegetarian Society has launched a great campaign to raise awareness of the link between diet and climate change. The society argues that farmed animals produce more greenhouse gas emissions than the world’s entire transport system. The ad campaign is backed up by a new report entitled Why it’s green to go vegetarian – …
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Water shortage risks highlighted by Marsh
A report from the newly launched Marsh Center for Risk Insights highlights the risk of water shortages. Marsh was under severe scrutiny in 2005 for governance issues. They have clearly taken concerns of global sustainability to heart with the launch of their new research centre. Their report singles out water shortage as one of the …
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Role of soil in climate change highlighted
The International Forum on Soils, Society and Climate Change, a title you wouldn’t have imagined a few years ago, attempts to raise our awareness of soil erosion and the impact it has on the environment. Every year, some 100,000 square kilometres of land loses its vegetation and becomes degraded or turns into desert. In addition, …
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