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Land, Energy & Water

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The three essential resources of land, energy and water are connected by the same crisis of inequality driven by increasing privatization and corporate control. While universal provision remains an eminently practical goal, it requires a shift in global priorities and wide-scale redistribution through a system of international sharing monitored by an effective and representative United Nations.

Latest Articles

After the Oil Crunch?

The end of cheap oil helps renewables, says Mark Lynas, but makes far dirtier alternatives viable. A low-carbon future will demand brave leadership.

How the World Bank’s Energy Framework Sells the Climate and Poor People Short

A civil society response to the World Bank’s Investment Framework for Clean Energy and Development.

The 2006 Human Development Report: Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis

The landmark HDR 2007 report nvestigates the underlying causes and consequences of a crisis that leaves 1.2 billion people without access to safe water and 2.6 billion without access to sanitation.

A long row to hoe: family farming and rural poverty in developing countries

This report from nef's food programme for Oxfam examines current interest in the proposition that enhancing the productivity of family farms is the most effective way to reduce rural poverty in the developing world.

Is Water Becoming ‘the New Oil’?

Increasingly it is being asked: Which countries are water rich, which are water poor, and who should manage water resources?

We Have Gone Mad, Your Majesty, and Only You Can Cure Our Affliction

An open letter to the leader of Opec's biggest oil producer, the one man who can force Britain to cut its carbon emissions.

Oil Wars: Worried About the Price of Gas? End the Wars
War and political instability in the Middle East are the major driving forces behind the soaring price of oil.  To counter the energy crisis, profits must be taken out of war

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