Research ABSTRACT Policies designed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted food systems worldwide. How impacts played out in local food systems, and how these affected the lived experiences of different people is only just coming to light. We conducted a structured analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 containment policies on the food systems of
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5 January 2023
COVID-19 impacts on food systems in fisheries-dependent island communities
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5 January 2023
Record warm winter in parts of Europe forces closure of ski slopes
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Resorts open hiking trails and lifts for mountain bikes amid unseasonably high temperatures and lack of snow Europe’s record-breaking warm winter weather has closed ski slopes and forced resorts to open summer trails or shut altogether, as grass and mud replace seasonal snow from Chamonix in France to Innsbruck in Austria. Eight countries across the
4 January 2023
China: From Zero-Covid to Zero-Control
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Medical equipment supplied by the World Food Programme (WFP) arrives in Beijing. Meanwhile, as COVID-19 infections surged in China, coronavirus experts gathered at the UN health agency in Geneva on January 3, to discuss next steps. Photo courtesy of Yingshi Zhang By Jan ServaesBRUSSELS, Jan 4 2023 (IPS) Three years after the coronavirus first emerged
3 January 2023
Australia could swing from three years of La Niña to hot and dry El Niño in 2023
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Bureau of Meteorology climate models indicate sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific may exceed El Niño thresholds by June Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Australia could swing from three years of above average rainfall to one of the hottest, driest El Niño periods on record, as models show
3 January 2023
Money Laundering & Corruption Risks in Latin America
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Data collected by Transparency International looks at bribery, the diversion of public funds, officials using their office for private gain, conflicts of interest and legal protections for those denouncing corruption. Credit: UN News/Daniel Dickinson By Lakshmi KumarWASHINGTON DC, Jan 3 2023 (IPS) Over the last decades, the private investment fund sector has grown into a
3 January 2023
‘Extreme event’: warm January weather breaks records across Europe
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At least eight countries experience record high temperatures of ‘almost unheard of’ heat, say meteorologists Weather records have been falling across Europe at a disconcerting rate in the last few days, say meteorologists. The warmest January day ever was recorded in at least eight European countries including Poland, Denmark, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Belarus,
2 January 2023
Living Another Year Dangerously
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By Anis ChowdhurySYDNEY, Jan 2 2023 (IPS) 2022 has been a year of great uncertainty when it seemed the world perilously reached the brink of self-destruction – be it human-induced climate change or military conflict. Welcoming 2022, we had enough reasons to be optimistic; but it was another ‘year of living dangerously’ – Tahun vivere
1 January 2023
More than 2,400 lives will be lost to bushfires in Australia over a decade, experts predict
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Exclusive: Healthcare costs from smoke-related deaths tipped to reach $110m, new modelling led by Monash University suggests Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast In the decade to 2030, more than 2,400 lives will be lost to bushfires in Australia, with healthcare costs from smoke-related deaths tipped to reach
28 December 2022
2022 will be warmest year on record in UK, says Met Office
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Provisional figures show annual average temperature will exceed previous record set in 2014 2022 will be the UK’s warmest year on record, as the Met Office says figures show the climate crisis is having a real impact. Forecasters highlighted that the 10 warmest years on record have all occurred since 2003. Temperature trends show that
28 December 2022
An Inconvenient Apocalypse: Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity, Wes Jackson, Robert Jensen (Eds.). University of Notre Dame Press (2022), 171+ix pages
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Publication date: March 2023 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 205 Author(s): Richard B. Norgaard