Climate security: UN links environment to world peace
photo by IRIN Photos (Flickr CC) What does the UN Security Council have to do with climate change? Last year the UN Secretary for the Convention on Biological Diversity, Ahmed Djoghlaf, warned that...
View ArticleFight drought and famine in Somalia
photo by Andy Hall/Oxfam Last week the United Nations declared a famine in two southern areas of Somalia. According to aid workers 800,000 children could die due to the current hunger. Somalia’s...
View ArticleF-Word: Celebrities curse famine
image credit: Internews Network (Flickr CC) I love watching celebrities curse. It’s such a guilty pleasure. Having grown up in the 80s in the USA – without HBO or Showtime – upon moving to the UK I...
View ArticleUNICEF: One million children in Sahel countries threatened by famine in 2012
Source: stock.xchng A million children living in the Sahel countries are at risk of famine or dramatic malnutrition in 2012. This is two times more than today, warned the United Nations Fund for...
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