Thirty-three years ago, on a sweltering summer day in 1988, NASA scientist James Hansen stood up in front of Congress and testified about an existential threat to the planet: The climate was changing.

Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hotspots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions and bridge ...

According to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) by 2050, the global population is anticipated to grow to over 9 billion, which is likely to increase pressure ...

Julianne Geiger is a veteran editor, writer and researcher for Oilprice.com, and a member of the Creative Professionals Networking Group. The world is not on track to stop temperatures from rising by ...

We begin our list with Germany, which is projected to be the ninth largest economy in the world in terms of purchasing power parity, with an estimated GDP (PPP) of over $6 trillion in 2050. The ...

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WASHINGTON, DC, September 13, 2021 (ENS) – Climate change could force 216 million people across six world regions to move within their countries by 2050, finds a new report by the World Bank, released ...

INDIA will grow to hold the largest population and Americans will be outnumbered by Nigerians. The world will be a different place in 2050. And India will overtake China as the world's most populous ...

The fate of the Winter Olympics, one of the world's most prestigious athletic events, is in danger, scientists say, due to the impact that global climate change could have if left unchecked. Without ...

Here is the world in 2050, as imagined by the U.S. Census Bureau: India will be the most populous nation, surpassing China sometime around 2025. The U.S. will remain exactly where it is now: in third ...

MILAN (Reuters) - The world will have to produce 70 percent more food by 2050 to feed a projected extra 2.3 billion people and as incomes rise, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization ...

The current world population of 7.3 billion is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100, according to the “World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision”, ...