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News release: “Rates of sea level rise are increasing three-to-four times faster along portions of the U.S. Atlantic Coast than globally, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report, Hotspot of accelerated sea-level rise on the Atlantic coast of North America, was published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Since about 1990, sea-level rise in …
The future we want, June 19, 2012 “We, the Heads of State and Government and high-level representatives, having met at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, with the full participation of civil society, renew our commitment to sustainable development and to ensuring the promotion of an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable …
“Mid-Century Warming in the Los Angeles Region is the first study to provide specific climate-change predictions for the greater Los Angeles area, with unique predictions down to the neighborhood level. This temperature study is the first of the five part series of releases coming from the Climate Change in the Los Angeles Region project. Providing …
BIS Annual Report 2011/2012. June 24, 2012 “The global economy has yet to overcome the legacies of the financial crisis to achieve balanced, self-sustaining growth. In different ways, vicious cycles are hindering the transition for both the advanced and emerging market economies. After reviewing the past year’s economic developments (Chapter II), the 82nd Annual Report …
News release: “The General Services Administration (GSA) announced on May 21 that Data.Gov partnering with the Government of India National Informatics Centre has produced an open source version of Data.gov that is being made available today, the third anniversary of Data.gov. The open source product, called the Open Government Platform (OGPL), can be downloaded and …
Manufacturing resource productivity. Stephan Mohr, Ken Somers, Steven Swartz, and Helga Vanthournout – June 2012 “Rapid growth in emerging markets is causing a dramatic increase in demand for resources, and supplies of many raw materials have become more difficult to secure. Commodity prices are likely to continue to rise and will remain volatile. Manufacturers are …
Economic Insecurity Across the American States – new state estimates from the economic security index – June 2012 “The Economic Security Index (ESI) is an integrated measure of insecurity that shows how common large economic losses are within the U.S. population. Now, for the first time, it is possible to compare the ESI across the …
Society, economic policies and the financial sector, The Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture 2012 by Dr Y V Reddy – June 24, 2012. Basel, Switzerland “The future of finance, and in particular saving it from a popular backlash against the global financial crisis and related crisis-management policies, has rightly become a matter of great concern. There …
What a Supreme Court Decision to Eliminate the Individual Mandate Could Mean for Coverage and Costs, The Urban Institute Health Policy Center, June 22, 2012 The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Acts individual mandate. Without the mandate, the ACA would be less effective in reducing …
