People in search of better opportunities - such as jobs, services and education - have been moving from rural, to urban areas across the world, and this accelerating trend...
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degradation of the environment
Demand for water, food, energy, land and minerals is rising substantially, making natural resources increasingly scarce and more expensive.
Continued unabated, anthropogenic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions will further increase changing climate patterns.
Environmental security is increasingly dominating national and international agendas, shifting defense and geopolitical paradigms. Worldwide, the number of displacements associated with natural disasters is considerably higher than that of those...
Millions of people could be displaced due to extreme weather events, particularly in developing countries with low income. Of the estimated 971 million people -- over...
Higher temperatures have resulted in range expansions for key disease carriers, such as mosquitoes. The incidence of malaria, dengue, and haemorrhagic fever is correlated with temperature, precipitation, and humidity...
Due to rising temperatures, glaciers and ice caps have been melting and as a result sea levels as well as temperatures have been rising. Oceans take up over...
The geopolitical power changes will also trigger cultural changes to the global business and economic landscape, politics and security. The new geopolitical changes should be used...
Forecasting extreme space weather, such as different types of solar activity becomes increasingly important given their potential impact on the operations of critical infrastructures. |...
The majority of resources used today are non-renewable and are set to become increasingly scarce given rising demand and unsustainable consumption patterns. Global material extraction...