Vol. 20 No. 6, November 2007

Index

• Coping with MR-GO.
• How much oil?
• It's the land, stupid.
• On New Capitalism.
• Europe's use of biofuels nearly doubles.
• Who analyzes countries' environmental health problems.
• Inequality gap grows in Asia, United States.
• Pygmy elephants threatened by logging, oil palm plantations.
• Companies commit to reducing climate risks.
• Sao Paulo bans outdoor ads in fight against pollution.
• DIY politics.
• Global heatstroke.
• More meat woes.
• Sinking species.
• Sudanese wildlife migration defies odds, rivals Serengeti.
• Editor's introduction.
• Restoring the UN: take 2; With the UN's promise unfulfilled and environmental issues at the top of the international agenda, a critical opportunity is approaching.
• Our first response to climate change: we badly need renewables to combat climate change, but we need ramped-up efficiency measures even more.
• Slow-motion revolution: shifting the world onto a sustainable path is a big job, but progress is being made. It's just going to take awhile.
• The heat was on: the same policy recommendations for stemming climate change that looked sound 20 years ago still look sound.
• Wired.
• Breeding a sustainable agriculture: experiments under way around the planet are leading to techniques and crop varieties good for the long term. Now, about those subsidies ...
• China's unquenchable thirst: China's staggering growth over the last 20 years has strained much of its resource base, but nothing more than freshwater supplies.
• Car crash: a look in the rearview mirror; Once it looked as if the automobile's dominance of transportation might be checked, but it's still king of the road.
• The importance of connections: global interdependence ties our environmental fate to others, but also creates a public store of good examples to follow.
• Salience, or voting as if the environment matters: the path to a green energy future and a stable climate is clearer than ever--but we do need to start voting to put ourselves on it.
• Shell game.
• Notes from Bolivia.
• Career moves.