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5 unusual facts about State of the World


Nourishing the Planet

The 27th edition of State of the World is accompanied by online resources sharing information about agricultural innovations that have been proven to improve livelihoods and reduce hunger.

Robert Engelman

He is one of several authors and one of three project directors of the Institute’s signature publication The State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World and co-directs Worldwatch’s fundraising from foundations and governments.

“Sealing the Deal to Save the Climate,” State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World, Norton, 2009, ISBN 13:978-0-393-33418-0

State of the World

World state in Brave New World, the primary setting of Aldous Huxley's 1932 dystopian novel titled Brave New World.

The Limits to Growth

Some of the notable books published after 1972 include the State of the World reports issued by the Worldwatch Institute (produced annually since 1984); the influential Our Common Future, published by the UN’s World Commission on Environment and Development (1987); Earth in the Balance, written by then-US senator Al Gore (1992); and Earth Odyssey (ISBN 978-0767900591) by journalist Mark Hertsgaard (1999).



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Nadja Halilbegovich

Halilbegovich became a popular speaker and peace activist, balancing her college schedule with speaking engagements at such events as the Global Young Leaders Conference in Washington D.C., the State of the World Forum in San Francisco and The Summit on Youth and Peace in Orlando with Desmond Tutu.

The Sigma Protocol

It is learned that Sigma has grown from a simple attempt to plunder the Nazi treasury and stabilize the industrial and financial state of the world in the wake of the war, to a political and financial machine which controls as many as 75% of the world's leading companies, and has enough covert political clout to directly influence the outcome of the likes of Presidential elections.