'Earth's geological and biological history is punctuated by evidence of repeated and devastating impacts from space.....A future asteroid collision could have disastrous effects on our interconnected human society......Existing space technology makes possible the successful deflection of the vast majority of hazardous NEOs. However, once a threatening object is discovered, maximizing the time to make use of that technology will be equally important.' This report calls for the United Nations to c more...
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This website from Inter-American Institute for Economic and Social Development, which is part of the Inter-American Development Bank, concentrates on papers based on the development of Latin American region.
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Global problems require bold solutions and the Currency Transaction Tax (CTT) is one such idea. It proposes a small levy on foreign exchange transactions and uses the money raised to finance development projects for the global public good. The idea of CTT is to be a tax on the benefits of globalisation. The authors claim the tax would be easy to operate and difficult to evade since all foreign exchange transactions are completed in a few large centralised settlement structures. They estimated th more...
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Organic agriculture is a sustainable and environmentally friendly production system that offers African and other developing countries a wide range of economic, environmental, social and cultural benefits. When the UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force on Trade, Environment
and Development (CBTF) started its work on organic agriculture in East Africa in 2004, a key
question repeatedly raised by public and private sector stakeholders in the region was to what extent organic agriculture can e more...
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In October 2007, the U.S. National Academies and the Iranian Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Science organized the first of a series of planned U.S.-Iranian workshops on the topic 'Science as a Gateway to Understanding.'........This book includes papers that were presented at the workshop and summaries of the discussions that followed some of the presentations. At the conclusion of the workshop there was general agreement that the presentations on many aspects of science and scientific c more...
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'Is the world facing a supply crunch due to geology or to inadequate investment? What type of post-Kyoto policy framework could stabilise greenhouse gases at low concentration levels? The answers to these burning questions and more are laid out in the World Energy Outlook 2008. The World Energy Outlook is the world’s most authoritative source of global energy trends. This year’s edition provides a full update of energy projections to 2030, incorporating the latest data and based on improved more...
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This is an Editorial from Nature which quotes a major study of biotechnology in Africa which concluded: 'that Africa's nations cannot afford to do without new technologies in agriculture — but that all new technologies would need appropriate safeguards to protect human health and the environment. This seemingly obvious statement was, in fact, a rare example of successful collaboration between multinationals and environmentalists.' The editorial itself concludes 'the African Union should have t more...
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