Posts Tagged ‘Poor’

The moral imperative to effectively address climate change

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Effectively addressing climate change is a moral imperative according to the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences. The Vatican body has listed numerous examples of glacial decline around the world and the evidence linking that decline to human-caused changes in climate and air pollution. “The widespread loss of ice and snow in the world’s mountain glaciers Read more

Global food prices high and expected to rise

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Basic food items such as cereals, milk, and sugar are at near-record highs according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. The organization’s Food Price Index for February showed that prices — except for rice — are higher than they were in late 2007 and early 2008, when food riots broke out in 15 developing Read more