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JOSE SOCRATES, Prime Minister of Portugal and current EU President
News - Food and agriculture
Extreme dry weather worsens food situation in Zimbabwe
Published on 16 April 2008
UN warns of more disease and poverty to be caused by climate change.
Published on 08 April 2008
UN chief call for review of biofuels policy
Published on 07 April 2008
The UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, has called for a comprehensive review of the policy on biofuels as a crisis in global food prices - partly caused by the increasing use of crops for energy generation - threatens to trigger global instability.
The WHO targets climate change on World Health Day
Published on 02 April 2008
Crop biofuels ‘create carbon debt’
Published on 20 February 2008
SciDev.net Two studies have shown that changes in land use to produce crop-based biofuels can actually result in more greenhouse-gas emissions than burning fossil fuels.
INDUSTRY ROUND UP: 5 Feb 2008
Published on 05 February 2008
A look at recent 'green news' by industry sector.
Can crops be climate proofed?
Published on 21 January 2008
SciDev.Net Climate change threatens food crops across the world. Now scientists are re-focusing their efforts on crop resilience, rather than yields.
China outlaws plastic bags
Published on 14 January 2008
(SustainableBusiness) China bans production of ultra-thin plastic bags and forbids supermarkets and shops from handing them out freely.
INDUSTRY ROUND UP: 3 Jan 2008
Published on 03 January 2008
A look at recent 'green news' by industry sector.
