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a new knowledge management tool to better understand demographic change

The Covid-19 pandemic has reminded us that our welfare, employment and health systems rest on a delicate demographic balance, highlighting the need for a better understanding of demographic dynamics...

To advance our understanding of the impacts of climate change on migration and population distribution

This report is part of the JRC Climate Change Induced Migration (CLICIM) project. CLICIM aims at the provision of evidence on the nexus between climate change and population dynamics in Africa...

Developments · Demographic ageing is not a biological process. It’s a shift from a youthful society to a society with a higher share of senior citizens. The two main reasons for this is increasing...

This study, the third of its type published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), adds further evidence that in mountain regions of developing countries, food insecurity...

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...

1.2 billion people in the world are young (aged between 15-24 years) — that is 16% of the global population. By 2050, the number is estimated to be 1.3 billion...

Developments The world population passed 7 billion in 2011, and reached about 7.75 billion by the end of 2019. The 20th century started with a global human population of 1.6...

Population growth, rapid urbanization, and a young population are major trends shaping the future of African agriculture. They underlie profound changes in the evolution of food demand...