Climate Change, Biofuels Threaten Food Security: FAO
08-Mar-2011
Date: 08-Mar-11
Country: ITALY
Author: Svetlana Kovalyova and Deepa Babington
Climate change bringing floods and drought, growing biofuel demand and
national policies to protect domestic markets could drive up global food
prices and threaten long-term food security, the United Nations said.High
and volatile food prices are a growing global concern, partly fuelling the
protests that toppled the rulers of Tunisia and Egypt this year. The
aftershocks have been seen across North Africa and the Middle East from
Algeria to Yemen.[read]
Australia Expects Less Than 1,000 Companies To Pay Carbon Tax
08-Mar-2011
Date: 08-Mar-11
Country: AUSTRALIA
Author: Rob Taylor
Australian plans to impose a set price on carbon emissions would affect
fewer than 1,000 companies, Climate Change Minister Greg Combet said on
Monday.[
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