We are in a race between political and natural tipping points. Can we close coal-fired power plants fast enough to save the Greenland ice sheet and avoid catastrophic sea level rise? Can we raise water productivity fast enough to halt the depletion of aquifers and avoid water-driven food shortages? [...]

As fossil fuel prices rise, oil insecurity deepens, and concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are replacing oil, coal, and natural gas, at a pace and on a scale we could not have imagined even a year [...]

With food scarcity driven by falling water tables, eroding soils and rising temperatures, control of arable land and water resources is moving to centre stage in the global struggle for food security. "In this era of tightening world food supplies, the ability to grow food is fast becoming a new for[...]

How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse. We are in a race between political and natural tipping points. Can we close coal-fired power plants fast enough to save the Greenland ice sheet and avoid catastrophic sea level rise? Can we raise water productivity fast enough to halt the depletio[...]

"Om Nobels fredspris 2007 givits till en tredje mottagare hade den självklara kandidaten varit Lester Brown." - Edward Wilson, professor vid Harvard med biologisk mångfald som specialitet.

"... en ögonöppnare till och med för dem som är mycket insatta i dessa frågor." - Dr Joseph Rom[...]