25 Feb 2020

Stockholm Resilience Centre:  ‘Story highlights Researchers synthesized 50-years of data from shipping, drilling, deep-sea mining, aquaculture, bioprospecting and much more The largest ocean industry is the oil and gas sector There is a high degree of consolidation relating the seafood industry, oil and gas exploitation and bioprospecting with just a small handful of multinational companies […]

13 Feb 2019

Two articles:   Also see Planetary Boundaries Stockholm Resilience Institute This is a crisis: Facing up to the age of environmental breakdown IPPR – Institute for Public Policy Research     ‘Mainstream political and policy debates have failed to recognise that human impacts on the environment have reached a critical stage, potentially eroding the conditions upon which socioeconomic […]

08 Aug 2018

This essay has prompted a viral response in the media and among scientists. You can see the article here  web link to the essay Here Phil Williamson describes the key points and the response to date. “The Hothouse Earth scenario explored by Will Steffen and his co-authors others remains uncertain: it is not covered in most […]

05 Jun 2017

There are lots of reminders of why we should act to take steps to control climate change. This is a powerful talk which provides yet more insight into the urgency of the issues involved. Water the video: Johan Rockstrom – Beyond the Anthropocene – World Economic Forum

07 Sep 2016

World Water Week closed on Friday, concluding that water must be recognized as the enabler of successful implementation of the entire 2030 Agenda as well as the Paris Climate Agreement. “Water – the lifeline of our planet – will be needed to achieve nearly every Sustainable Development Goal, and to face the challenges that climate […]

31 Aug 2016

Water for sustainable growth will be at the top of the agenda when world leaders, development professionals and water experts gather in Stockholm from 28 August to 2 September for Stockholm Water Week. The 2016 theme for World Water Week is water for sustainable growth – water and the ongoing migration crisis, and several other […]

01 Sep 2015

Read the main News from the Stockholm water conference: http://www.worldwaterweek.org/daily/  Sustainable Development Goals, Climate change and Water security  EAEM News ‘Preparing for new Sustainable Development goals at the COP21 talks in December, leaders and water experts from around the world are seeking solutions to the world’s several escalating water crises at World Water Week in […]