Category Climate change

No-affluence, no poverty

The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka has since 1958 been advocating a “no poverty, no affluence society.” This has been the foundation of its economic philosophy. It turns out there’s one small problem: no one quite knows what it…

Water shortages could cause forced migrations

“Hundreds of millions” of people may be compelled to relocate, says Scientific American. Low-lying coastal areas could be the worst hit – and that’s precisely where large population centers are too. May their predictions be wrong because if they are…