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Factsheet
Muddy Water
Issue Date: Aug 15, 2008
About 1.2 billion people in the world live with inadequate
access to safe drinking water. Over 2.6 billion do not have access to sanitation facilities
In developing countries 80 per cent of the health
GHH inventory
Issue Date: Jul 31, 2008
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Of the 27 EU countries, 15 continue to be major emitters
Natural bad debt
Issue Date: Jul 15, 2008
GDP does not calculate the wealth of ecosystems and biodiversity
Human well-being is completely dependent on the smooth flow of ecosystem services, such as food, fibres, clean water, healthy soil and carbon capture. They are public goods, but with no market and no prices, and hence are rarely detected by the economic compass of our times, gdp
Human demands on ecosystems have exceeded their productive capacity
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2008
Source A report by WWF in April 2008--2010 and Beyond Rising to the Biodiversity Challenge
Brazil, India top index for good environmental behaviour; US ranks last
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2008
A recent survey, Greendex 2008, carried out among 14,000 people in 14 countries, studied how environment friendly the behaviour of consumers was
Buoyant wind market India and China are among top five growing markets for wind energy
Issue Date: May 31, 2008
Worldwide wind energy
Total installed capacity 2007 93.9 GW
Do water related issues really matter in Parliament?
Issue Date: May 15, 2008
Troubled waters
Issue Date: Apr 30, 2008
A sea of threats Climate change abets them
Natural burden
Issue Date: Apr 15, 2008
Climate exchange
Unfair share of cause and effect
Ecological damages are distributed more towards poor nations
