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21 Issues for the 21st Century - Result of the UNEP Foresight Process on Emerging Environmental Issues

submitted by Jerome C. Glenn

The process, which was led by the UNEP Chief Scientists with support from UNEP Division of Early Warning and Assessment, involved the identification of emerging issues by UNEP colleagues and a Foresight Panel comprising of 22 distinguished members of the scientific community cutting across a wide spectrum of environmental related disciplines and world regions; the debating and prioritization of the identified issues by the Foresight Panel; the scoring of prioritized issues via an electronic consultation (survey) involving more than 400 scientists worldwide; and a further debating and ranking of the final list of issues by the Foresight Panel, putting into consideration the outcome of the electronic consultation.

The process resulted in a list of 21 emerging environmental issues tagged “21 Issues for the 21st Century” covering the major themes of the global environment including food, land, freshwater, marine, biodiversity, climate change, energy, waste, and technology; as well important cross-cutting issues ranging from the need for better environmental governance, to the need for human behavioral change towards the environment.

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World Economic Forum´s Global Risks 2012 Report

submitted by Mike Kraft

stefanomele.it

In its seventh edition, the World Economic Forum´s Global Risks Report features more refined risk descriptions and rigorous data analysis covering 50 global risks. It aims to improve public and private sector efforts to map, monitor, manage and mitigate global risks. It is also a “call to action” for the international community to improve current efforts at coordination and collaboration, as none of the global risks highlighted respects national boundaries.

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World Economic Forum - Global Risks 2012 - Seventh Edition (64 page .PDF file)

http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalRisks_Report_2012.pdf

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Planetary Boundaries

               

Image / FlyingSinger/CC BY 2.0/Flickr

stockholmresilience.org

Tipping towards the unknown

Researchers propose critical planetary boundaries, transgressing them could be catastrophic. But there is hope.
New approaches are needed to help humanity deal with climate change and other global environmental threats that lie ahead in the 21st century. A group of 28 internationally renowned scientists propose that global biophysical boundaries, identified on the basis of the scientific understanding of the Earth System, can define a safe planetary operating space that will allow humanity to continue to develop and thrive for generations to come.
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Subject: [DISASTR-OUTREACH-LIB ] Hospital Librarians Survey - Emergency/Disaster Involvement

----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Amy Donahue To: ***@***.*** Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 3:10 PM Subject: [DISASTR-OUTREACH-LIB ] Hospital Librarians Survey - Emergency/Disaster Involvement Please forgive the cross-posting! But do feel free to forward this on to your hospital librarian colleagues through state or regional lists (I've got Wisconsin covered) - I would very much appreciate it as I'm trying to reach as many hospital librarians as humanly possible. The objective of this survey is to look at whether hospital librarians are actively involved in their organizations' emergency & disaster preparedness activities and, if so, how. Some demographics will also be captured. By exploring what roles currently exist and presenting these findings in a poster at the 2012 Annual Medical Libraries Association Conference in Seattle, WA, it is the author's hope that hospital librarians can continue their involvement in this vital area and learn from each other. Disclaimer: This survey has been exempted from Institutional Review Board oversight as the Aurora Health Care IRB has determined it does not constitute human subject research. Results will be kept confidential and presented only in aggregate.

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Ecodesk

What is Ecodesk?

Ecodesk is the world's largest free, search optimised publication of sustainability information for businesses, including data on carbon, energy, waste, and water. For the first time, Ecodesk is researching the world’s top companies who make sustainability data available in the public domain. Our profile layout provides our users with a clear snapshot of how companies are performing in isolation, and against others in their sector or territory.

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Video - Open Source Intelligence - Analysis of Sudan and South Sudan

submitted by Janine Rees

The Southern portion of Sudan seceded and formed South Sudan, only the 5th country to be created this century.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCJ1sD5NOlo&feature=youtu.be

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United States
31° 43' 41.4012" N, 148° 32' 6.5616" W
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Sudan - Resources

submitted by Janine Rees

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2011 FIRST QUARTER LIVELIHOODS ANALYSIS FORUM (LAF)ORGANISED BYSOUTH SUDAN CENTRE FOR CENSUS, STATISTICS AND EVALUATION (SSCCSE),WITH TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE SUDAN INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYPROGRAMME: FOOD SECURITY INFORMATION FOR ACTION PROGRAMMEHELD FROM 2ND –4TH, MARCH 2011, IN YEI, CENTRAL EQUATORIA STATE(12 page .PDF file)

http://www.southsudan-climis.org/attachements/Final_Proceedings_of_LAF_Yei_March_2011.pdf

 WHO Sudan health maps  <http://www.who.int/hac/crises/sdn/maps/en/>

Health data and GIS in Sudan <http://news.sudanvisiondaily.com/details.html?rsnpid=201181>

FAR Sudan <http://farsudan.org/foodsecurityc9.php>

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UN Sudan Information Gateway: Health & Nutrition

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Women’s Earth and Climate Caucus

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Tomorrow is Another Day

submitted by Kathy (katmax)

In March of 1973, E. B. White* received a letter from a Mr. Nadeau,
who sought his opinion on what he saw as a bleak future for the human
race. White responded with the following, beautifully written letter.

   North Brooklin, Maine
   30 March 1973

   Dear Mr. Nadeau:

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