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 ...

In 1975, there were just eight megacities, defined as cities with more than 10 million inhabitants, worldwide. Fifty years later, that number has risen to 33. Some capital cities have grown faster ...

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Fifty years from now, the grandchildren of today’s 40-year-olds will wake up in a world that looks almost nothing like ours. The changes already underway – in energy, medicine, food, technology, and ...

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”, ...

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 world needs $18.2 trillion in oil and gas investments through 2050 to ensure energy supply by the middle of the century, OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais has told Energy Connects in an ...

LONDON, UK, October 7, 2021 (ENS) – Some of the world’s largest mining companies signed a pledge on Tuesday to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 if not sooner. All are members of the ...

The tripling of global nuclear capacity by 2050 can be achieved, provided governments take immediate and sustained action to deliver on their own national targets for nuclear capacity, a report from ...

The World Bank Group President, Ajay Banga, has said that Nigeria’s population will increase by 130 million by the year 2050. In his remarks yesterday at the 2025 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings ...