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Food security and financial markets

FAO says that Food price volatility a major threat to food security: Concluding a day-long special meeting in Rome the experts recognized that unexpected price hikes “are a major threat to food security” and recommended further work to address their … Continue reading

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Chris Field says rate of climate change faster than estimated

At the AAAS meetings in Chicago Chris Field gave a presentation that argues that the Pace of Climate Change Exceeds Estimates: “We are basically looking now at a future climate that’s beyond anything we’ve considered seriously in climate model simulations,” … Continue reading

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