Halcyon Identifies

 

700m or so extra people may move to cities by mid-century and may double or triple demand for health services, transport, energy, housing, sanitation, food and water.

 

Global wind power capacity increased by 31% in 2009, contributing 2% to global electricity consumption.

 

A global shift towards a vegan diet may be vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change, says a UN committee.

Over 850m people are at risk due to the current food crisis.  Rising fuel costs, erratic weather, and the conversion of land to grow crops for biofuels are all factors.

75 nations have jointly launched the world's first multinational organisation dedicated solely to promoting renewable energy worldwide.

• Migration - the global financial, food, and fuel crises and the negative impacts of climate change pose a severe threat to the world's 37 million uprooted people.

• Habitat - people are participating increasingly in grassroots communities around local issues like inclusion, education, energy, food, health, housing, land use, transport, waste reduction, and water use.

• Energy - renewable energy is approaching a "tipping point" and should expand dramatically in the next decade, narrowing the gap between alternative forms of energy and fossil fuel use.

• Change/Collaboration - around the world, communities are starting to adopt the "transition model" to respond to the twin challenges of peak oil and climate change.

• Energy - as the race to find alternatives to fossil fuels intensifies, global production of solar photovoltaic cells increased 51% in 2007.