Food Policy

Tillerson Offers $533 Million in Food Aid for African Famine

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced $533 million in new aid to fight famine in East Africa and the Lake Chad region, in a move aimed at underscoring the U.S.

Publication Date: 
08/03/2018
Bloomberg
Tags:
Food Security, Food Aid, United States Of America (US), Famine, Malnutrition, Chad, Africa, Food Policy
Natural Disasters

US to provide more than $533 mln in aid amid African conflicts, drought

The United States will give more than $533 million in humanitarian aid for victims of conflicts and drought in Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and the West and Central African countries bordering La

Publication Date: 
08/03/2018
Reuters (Africa)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Droughts, Conflicts, Aid, United States Of America (US), Ethiopia, Africa, Food Security
Climate Change

Michael Bloomberg Appointed As UN Special Envoy For Climate Action

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of US businessman and philanthropist Michael Bloomberg as his Special Envoy for Climate Action on Monday, which is a prom

Publication Date: 
08/03/2018
Clean Technica
Tags:
Climate Change, COP 21 (Paris), Climate Agreements, United States Of America (US), Global Warming
Climate Change

U.S. loses bid to halt children's climate change lawsuit

A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected the U.S.

Publication Date: 
08/03/2018
Reuters
Tags:
Climate Change, Court, United States Of America (US), Children, Climate Impacts, Legislation
Natural Disasters

Another storm, second in a week, set to hit Northeast U.S.

NEW YORK, U.S. - In what is set to become the second winter storm to strike Northeast U.S. in a week, forecasters have warned that the next winter blast will strike Tuesday night.

Publication Date: 
06/03/2018
Big News Network
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Storms, Floods, United States Of America (US)
Solid Waste

Too much of a good thing

MR MCGUIRE had just one word for young Benjamin, in “The Graduate”: plastics.

Publication Date: 
03/03/2018
Economist (London)
Tags:
Plastics, Solid Waste, Europe, United States Of America (US), Bangladesh, France, Rwanda, European Union (EU), Water Pollution, Indonesia, China
Agriculture

The nitrogen balancing act: Tracking the environmental performance of food production

Farmers, food supply-chain entities, and policymakers need a simple but robust indicator to demonstrate progress toward reducing nitrogen pollution associated with food production. We show that nitrogen balance—the difference between nitrogen inputs and nitrogen outputs in an agricultural production system—is a robust measure of nitrogen losses that is simple to calculate, easily understood, and based on readily available farm data.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2018
Eileen L McLellan, Kenneth G Cassman, Alison J Eagle & et al
BioScience
68
3
194-203
Tags:
Agriculture, Chemical Fertilisers, Agricultural Inputs, Green House Gases, Water Pollution, Land Pollution, United States Of America (US), Canada, N C America, Livestock
Health

Medicine procurement and the use of flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, 2001–2016

Millions of people, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, lack access to effective pharmaceuticals, often because they are unaffordable. The 2001 Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) adopted the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) Agreement and Public Health. The declaration recognized the implications of intellectual property rights for both new medicine development and the price of medicines.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2018
Ellen FM't Hoen, Jacquelyn Veraldi, Brigit Toebes & et al
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
96
3
185-193
Tags:
Drugs, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), WTO, India, Developing Countries, Drug Industry, Brazil, Thailand, Switzerland, United States Of America (US)
Energy

USAID completes renewable energy project in Nigeria

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) together with Power Africa, have concluded the four-year Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Project (REEEP) in Nigeria.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2018
ESI Africa
Tags:
Energy, Renewable Energy, Nigeria, United States Of America (US), Electricity, Africa
Transport

Ensuring driving on electricity is cheaper than driving on gasoline

This briefing provides a brief overview of the energy cost per mile for a vehicle using gasoline versus the energy cost per mile using electricity in the United States. It highlights the imperative to consider electricity costs for electric vehicles in the context of all competing gasoline alternatives including gasoline hybrids.

Publication Date: 
26/02/2018
Michael Nicholas
International Council on Clean Transportation
Tags:
Electric Vehicles, Electricity, United States Of America (US), Transport

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