Will climate change burst the global ‘food bubble’?

Lester Brown argues the pressures of rising population, consumption, water stress and global warming will pose the first serious challenge to civilisation through our food.People feel rising food prices, says Brown, whereas rising CO2 is intangible. Photograph: Murdo Macleod The world is in the midst of a “food bubble” that could burst at any time: [...]

Global Water Shortage Looms In New Century

When most U.S. citizens think about water shortages — if they think about them at all — they think about a local problem, possibly in their town or city, maybe their state or region. We don’t usually regard such problems as particularly worrisome, sharing confidence that the situation will be readily handled by investment in [...]