Figures released by the US Department of Energy show an increase of 6% over 2009 carbon dioxide emissions.
Limits to adaptation
The coffee plant is sensitive to temperature. Adaptation to global warming implies moving the plants to higher altitudes. But what happens if there is no higher ground?
Flooded Thai rice delivers wake-up call to G20
The potentially powerful Committee on World Food Security has failed to follow up recommendations on measures to control escalating world food prices. If the Committee had gathered in Bangkok, it might have reached a different conclusion.
Zambia views corruption as poverty road block
The priorities of president Michael Sata of Zambia have emerged from his first month in office. Stamping out corruption is the chosen path to good relations with international donors and to accelerated poverty reduction.
No time for tea in Malawi
A new US ambassador to Malawi has arrived in the middle of a diplomatic tussle between the two countries over the suspended Millennium Challenge Corporation grant for vital energy development. Will President Mutharika back down on his repression of civil liberties?
The emissions cost of electricity for all
Providing universal access to electricity represents justice for the poor but will increase carbon dioxide emissions. A new report suggests that the pain is worth the gain.
In search of funds to end energy poverty
The goal of providing universal access to electricity and clean cooking facilities has a high price tag. If the usual sources have dried up, could climate finance be the salvation?
Cargill boss loses plot over food speculators
The profits of Cargill, the US agribusiness giant, nosedived in the last quarter. The company blames speculators for distorting food commodities markets. Sound familiar?
Lies, damned lies, and African economic statistics
Shanta Devarajan, World Bank Chief Economist for Africa, has exposed the primitive statistical methodology on which African GDP and poverty figures rely. Interpret statements about growth and poverty reduction with a grain of salt, he advises.
Quantitative monkey business
Development economists increasingly advise donors to give aid directly to the poor. Why does the Bank of England hand out its favours directly to the banks?