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.

Brazil will be the fifth largest economy in the world in 2050, going past Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Much of its growth will be driven by its wealth in natural resources and a young ...

(UNITED NATIONS) — India’s population is expected to surpass China’s in about seven years and Nigeria is projected to overtake the United States and become the third most populous country in the world ...

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 ...

When I worked on the latest Global Burden of Disease cancer study, a global project that tracks cancer patterns and deaths ...

The new data sheet from the Washington, D.C.-based organization is chock full of statistics on how global population will morph over the next 34 years, shrinking on some continents and exploding on ...

(Editor’s note: Each story has two sections, the first reflecting the present and the second imagining the world of 2050.) 2019: I went looking for people who’ve mapped out this world without ...

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 the results of the UN 2015 World Population Revision, the world population reached 7.3 billion as of mid-2015, implying that the world has added approximately one billion people in the ...

It has to happen really fast. Last year, the world's climate scientists put out a report showing what it will take to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C by the end of this century, averting the ...

2050: At this point, Keesmaat and I open up our minds and take a leap into a world that could be. Greenhouse gas emissions have dropped to zero. How did we do it? By gradually reshaping our cities so ...