The way the world grows its food will have to change radically to better serve the poor and hungry if the world is to cope with a growing population and climate change while avoiding social breakdown and environmental collapse,  a new report of the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) released 15 April 2008 says. The graphics featured in this report were prepared by GRID-Arendal.
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The new rapid response report entitled In Dead Water has for the first time mapped the multiple and combined impacts of pollution; alien infestations; over-exploitation and climate change on the seas and oceans. The worst concentration of cumulative impacts of climate change with existing pressures of over-harvest, bottom trawling, invasive species , coastal development and pollution appear to be concentrated in 10-15 per cent of the oceans concurrent with today’s most important fishing grounds says the report.
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Four countries, four cities and five corporations have become the pioneering members of Climate Neutral Network, CN Net, a bold new initiative to address climate change and the urgent need to de-carbonize the global economy. Launched on Thursday by the United Nations Environment Programme, CN Net is being offered as one solution to the challenge of rising greenhouse gases. GRID-Arendal facilitated the preparation of the CN Net website.
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