Tehran / Lima / New York / Philadelphia / Los Angeles / Washington / Cairo / Sacramento / /
Company
In India / Gangotri Glacier / /
Continent
Asia / /
Country
Turkmenistan / Ecuador / Greenland / Bangladesh / Tajikistan / Kyrgyzstan / Iran / Peru / Kazakhstan / Thailand / Russia / Uzbekistan / Pakistan / United States / Afghanistan / Canada / Australia / Columbia / China / Philippines / Bolivia / India / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Natural Disaster / Extinction / /
Facility
Ohio State University / Empire State Building / Earth Policy Institute / /
IndustryTerm
food price inflation / electricity supply / food supply / river systems / food prices / food / food production / unacceptable food price inflation / food security / energy investment / food staples / energy efficiency / tight world food supplies / kernel site / business-as-usual energy policy / nearby site / /
NaturalFeature
Alps / Mount Kilimanjaro / Central Valley / Colorado River / Chacaltaya Glacier / Ganges River / East Coast / Yakima River Valley / Andes / Petermann Glacier / Quelccaya Glacier / Yangtze / Alborz Mountains / Tien Shan Mountain ranges / Yellow River / Indus / Kilimanjaro / Tibetan Plateau / Thwaites Glacier / Arctic sea / Arctic Ocean / Sierra Nevada / /
Organization
U.S. government / Department of the Treasury / Earth Policy Institute / United Nations / Ohio State University / World Glacier Monitoring Service / /
Person
James Hansen / Richard Bates / Lester R. Brown / Lonnie Thompson / Mohan Wali / Robert Corell / /
Position
leading climate scientist / cob / banker for the United States / chairman / leading producer / /
ProvinceOrState
Alaska / Rhode Island / Montana / California / Colorado / /
PublishedMedium
Science News / /
Region
West Antarctic / northern Europe / North Atlantic / East Africa / western Canada / western United States / East Coast / western Montana / U.S. Southwest / eastern Russia / western China / southwestern United States / Southeast Asia / West Antarctica / southern Peru / Mediterranean / central Pakistan / /
from World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse, by Lester R. Brown © 2011 Earth Policy Institute 4