In November 2022, the world crossed a milestone of 8 billion people, but a new analysis suggests the global population could peak just below 9 billion people in 2050 then start falling.
Environment
Mar 27, 2023
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It's hard to imagine that the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the fourth industrial revolution can be part of the same conversation.
Environment
Jan 18, 2023
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Subsistence communities often rely on natural resources to meet their basic needs. 90% of people globally living in extreme poverty depend on forests for at least part of their livelihoods, according to the FAO. These groups ...
Environment
Jan 4, 2023
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Far from reducing extreme poverty, the expansion of capitalism from the 16th century onward was associated with a dramatic deterioration in human welfare. This is according to a study carried out by the Institute of Environmental ...
Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2022
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Recent UN data on food insecurity paints a bleak picture of a growing international problem: global hunger is not only growing but it disproportionately affects women. Similarly, the international humanitarian aid organisation, ...
Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2022
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Almost one in 10 Canadian households spend more than 10 percent of their income to heat and cool their homes, keep the lights on and to store or cook food. For these households, the high cost of energy, which includes electricity, ...
Social Sciences
Jul 15, 2022
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When it comes to solving Earth's climate crisis, the agricultural and forestry sectors are some of the hardest areas to change, yet a new report suggests that these areas will play a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Ecology
Apr 11, 2022
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A new book reveals that the perception of 19th-century British working-class homes as being sparse and squalid is far from being universally true, and popular writers of the time, such as Charles Dickens, are partly to blame ...
Economics & Business
Mar 18, 2022
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Two years into the pandemic, marginalized young people in developing countries are struggling to cope and going hungry—even more than ever—according to Oxford University-led research out today (9 March).
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2022
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A field experiment in India led by MIT antipoverty researchers has produced a striking result: A one-time boost of capital improves the condition of the very poor even a decade later.
Economics & Business
Dec 22, 2021
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