In The Coming Famine, Julian Cribb lays out a vivid picture of impending planetary crisis--a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century--that would dwarf any in our previous experience. Cribb's comprehensive assessment describes a dangerous confluence of shortages--of water, land,...

Intro -- Preface -- Table of contents -- List of boxes -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- Main conclusions -- Executive summary -- General introduction -- Crops for biofuels: Economic and technical assessment for sustainable production and utilization...

Der renommierte Energieexperte Hermann Scheer zeigt, warum eine "Renaissance der Atomenergie" der falsche Weg aus der Energiekrise ist, warum das "Kyoto-Protokoll" die Energiewende eher behindert als fördert, mit welchen neuen Technologien die Weltenergieversorgung gesichert werden kann und:...

U.S. retail food price increases in recent years may seem large in nominal terms, but after adjusting for inflation have been quite modest even after the change in U.S. biofuel policies in 2006. In contrast, increases in the real prices of corn, soybeans, wheat and rice received by U.S. farmers...