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Upwards of 90% of EU city dwellers exposed to PM2.5 and O3 pollution at levels deemed harmful by WHO
2013-10-17 21:30:17| Green Car Congress
Focus on Poverty: An aid solution for slum dwellers
2013-09-20 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: I remember a dry comment nearly 40 years ago by a young woman on hearing that storms on the east coast of the United States had resulted in hugely costly damage: "Yeah, well, that'll be about four houses then". It came to mind when I read a SciDev.Net story on a study that said flood damage to coastal cities around the world could run to US$1 trillion a year. The numbers in the report are massive, but, for me, the report's most telling phrase was: "However, the paper does not assess the potential...
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