25 October 2009 The Observer It's not the growing number of people in poverty who are causing climate change, it's the rich The worst thing that you or I can do for the planet is to have children. If they behave as the average person in the rich world does now, they will emit some … Continue reading Fewer British babies would mean a fairer planet
Month: October 2009
Food, famine and climate change: India's scorched earth
11th October 2009 The Observer Suicide is the latest epidemic among farming communities as climate change parches the heart of India, destroying agriculture and plunging the poorest families into crippling debt. In Andhra Pradesh, everyone we met had lost faith in the weather. "It is," said one woman, a groundnut farmer and a mother of … Continue reading Food, famine and climate change: India's scorched earth
