The New Food Panic: Scientists Call for Green Revolution 2.0 & FoE says No!
Posted by annied in FoE, agriculture on 21. Oct, 2009 | Comments Off
Well, it looks like world maybe headed for a second green revolution. None the least to do with the Royal Society for Agriculture’s new study that calls for £2 billion for R&D over the next decade. A new study from the International Food Policy Research Institute (find link Nelson et al) forecasts future crop yields based upon the IPCCs second worst scenario is 1.6 degree Celsius average rise in global temperatures combined with two climate change weather pattern models (NCAR & CSIRO). But Kew Gardens and Friends of the Earth both argue for biodiversity instead.
FoE UK: Maria of Kiribati will fight at Cop15
Posted by annied in FoE, climate change on 07. Sep, 2009 | Comments Off
Maria from the Kiribati Islands in the Pacific came to see us at Friends of the Earth recently. She told us that her islands could be underwater within ten years. Crops and wells are already contaminated with salt water and the mangroves where she used to play as a child are disappearing.