21st century 'New Deals': Upping the ante, quashing the deluge

One particular mix of the current global political economy demands far greater policy-making attention than it has received, particularly since it predicts a sunnier forecast than the gathering clouds we now see. That mix is how the looming economic deterioration has been coexisting, precarious though that may be, with the...

Combating desertification and drought

Forest fires, droughts and other forms of land degradation cost the global economy as much as 15 trillion dollars every year and are deepening the climate change crisis, a top United Nations environment official said Friday (September 06).Ibrahim Thiaw, executive secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), said...