The twin forces of climate change and crippling poverty are fusing in the lives of the world's poorest people - a deadly combination, according to Christian Aid.
The realities of our rapidly evolving environment - from more frequent drought in Africa to increasingly severe flooding in Asia - are putting unprecedented pressure on dwindling resources across the globe, pushing already precarious lives ever closer to the edge.
We need an economics which always considers the impact on climate, the biosphere, the planet and its systems as well as all people everywhere- its not enough to consider homo economicus and his spending preferences- its cavalier and selfish and quite frankly unacceptable in todays reality.
Read Green Ecnomics:Setting the scene by Miriam Kennet and Volker Heinemann and move towards Green Economics for solving your professional issues and dilemmas, you know it makes sense now and for future generations.
This article adapted from Yahoo News June 12th 2008
