Major demographic transitions are occurring across all world regions, at different paces and with different implications. Important trends are already visible and others are...

Population dynamics at the global level are slow-moving and demographic foresight to support forward-looking and proactive planning and policy-making should recognise that the global population is very likely to continue...

The Asian Development Bank was conceived in the early 1960s as a financial institution that would be Asian in character and foster economic growth and cooperation in one of the poorest regions...

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...

The Department of Energy Planning of the City of Vienna acquired information on urban heat islands, useful to implement mitigating measures, on the basis of information derived from Earth observation.

The United Nations University (UNU) is the academic arm of the United Nations and acts as a global think tank. The mission of the Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) is to carry out...

The main purpose of this report is to contribute to the ongoing integration of EU policies on climate change, adaptation and migration. The specific objectives are: to identify associations between climate change...

In South Asia, nearly half a billion people are malnourished. This paper examines the links of food and agriculture with nutrition in South Asia, with the goal of informing policy to reduce...

Opportunities and challenges of megatrends for a comprehensive EU-Africa Partnership.

20 to 50 million metric tons of e-waste are disposed worldwide every year. | Related Megatrends: Natural resources; Consumerism; Technology; Security The amount...