The seventh edition of the Global Outlook (GEO-7) offers a stark vision of the decades to come. But its authors say the worst forecasts can still be avoided if countries quickly take meaningful steps ...

Merran Smith is the chief innovation officer and founder and Trevor Melanson is the communications director of Clean Energy Canada, a think tank at Simon Fraser University’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for ...

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 ...

A carbon-free world can be a reality. What would that mean for our jobs, homes and lives? This article is part of a special climate change issue in advance of the federal election. This collection of ...

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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”, ...

LONDON — The world’s top miners on Tuesday committed to a goal of net zero direct and indirect carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner, the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) said. “ICMM ...

What does the world look like in 2050, not through Utopian dreams or dystopian fears, but through the lens of current trajectories?

There is a lot of plastic in the world’s oceans. It coagulates into great floating “garbage patches” that cover large swaths of the Pacific. It washes up by the truckful on urban beaches and remote ...

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 ...