Climate change’s costs are still escalating
Scientific reports released for a conference today on disaster risk reduction warn that people are already dying and economies being hit by climate change − and that the dangers are growing.
World’s Poor Face Biggest Risk From Climate Change
With hazards and vulnerabilities in mind, leaders can create strategies that increase adaptive capacities, especially for those most sensitive to climate hazards... especially the world’s poorest citizens.
Beyond the Mainstream at the World Economic Forum: Jim Harris Reports from Davos
"Severe income disparity" is one of the most significant global risks identified by the World Economic Forum in 2014. But delegates spend $40,000+ to attend the Forum -- and there is the incessant buzz of helicopters ferrying delegates to Davos at $10,000 a trip. What's wrong with this picture?
Do Children have to Choose Between Work or Poverty?
Ceasing to employ children could create more problems than it solves, unless appropriate channels to replace lost income are accelerated.