Population growth, environmental degradation and climate change
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Population growth is opportunity for action on SDGs, climate, UN DESA report says
Since the middle of the 20th Century, the global population has more than tripled in size, from 2.5 billion in 1950, to 7.9 billion in 2021.
Population growth, environmental degradation and climate change
More than a third of 50 recently surveyed Nobel laureates cited “population rise / environmental degradation” as the biggest threat to humankind.
8 things to look out for in 2022
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‘Solidarity with migrants has never been more urgent’: Guterres
In a message just ahead of International Migrants Day, celebrated on Saturday, the United Nations Secretary-General said that expressing solidarity with migrants on the move, “has never been more urgent.”
Will the pandemic trigger a baby boom or baby bust?
Today, there are about 7.9 billion people in the world. The population will continue to grow in the coming decades, albeit at a progressively slower pace.
Cutting the cost of family remittances
Every day, millions of families around the world visit their post offices, banks and money transfer operators to collect money sent to them by their relatives working abroad.