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This section of the website will present a series of Current Issues – such as the example of the impacts of food prices – which are practical examples to illustrate the complex, systemic issues which confront the world community today.
Current Issues will arise in many other fields, such as climate change, peak oil, the eco systems crisis, globalisation, sustainable development, peace and security etc. A basic explanation will be provided of each current issue. Further information will be available through links to articles and other source materials.
The Current Issues will be grouped in a Current Issue Bank, according to major themes: climate change, biodiversity, oceans, forests, international finance, poverty, health and education etc.
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Understanding the challenges behind Climate Change
The critical threats which arise from accelerating climate change are now the focus of intense scientific analysis and political and public concern. Recent scientific evidence demonstrates that we have less time than we thought to take radical and urgent action to contain the risks of irreversible climate change. Read more
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Escalating prices move food beyond the reach of the poor.
The poorest of the poor spend two thirds of their income on food. The price of rice in Asia has risen from $460 per ton in March to more than $1,000 two months later. Before this emergency, more than 850 million people in the world were short of food. Read more
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