Human Population Predicted To Reach 12 Billion By 2100 At 7.2 billion, the human population is already a serious burden on resources and a threat to the environment and species. Imagine, then, how dire the global situation would be if we were to reach 12 billion, because if the current rate continues, that is what our planet may be facing at the turn of the next century. According to a new study by the United Nations (UN) and the University of Washington, there is an 80% probability that the world population will reach between 9.6 and 12.3 billion in 2100. That’s around 2 billion higher than previous estimates. “The consensus over the past 20 years or so was that world population, which is currently around 7 billion, would go up to 9 billion and level off or probably decline,” study author and statistician Adrian Raftery said in a news release. “We found there’s a 70 percent probability the world population will not stabilize this century. Read this next: Keychain First Aid Kit Might Help Save The Bees
Arbetslöshet och sysselsättning | Nyhetssajten Europaportalen Nationella myndigheter mäter arbetslösheten i medlemsländerna. Det sker i så kallade arbetskraftsundersökningar, AKU. I Sverige är det Statistiska centralbyrån som varje månad intervjuar ungefär 17 500 personer utifrån ett urval på 29 500 i åldersspannet 15 till 74 år om deras arbetssituation. Intervjuaren ställer en rad frågor för att ta reda på den tillfrågades situation. För dem som ingår i arbetskraften frågar SCB om de under en viss vecka, den så kallade referensveckan, har arbetat minst en timme, antingen som avlönad arbetstagare, som egen företagare eller oavlönad medhjälpare i företag tillhörande make/maka eller annan medlem av samma hushåll. För att en person ska räknas som arbetslös måste tre villkor vara uppfyllda: 1. inte haft ett arbete under referensveckan 2. ha sökt arbete under de senaste fyra veckorna 3. kan ta ett jobb under referensveckan eller två veckor därefter ILO-definitionen säger att man arbeta minst en timme under referensveckan för att räknas som sysselsatt.
Globalization Finally, a definition of globalization that one can understand and to which we now can relate: Question: What is the truest definition of Globalization? Answer: Tragically, Princess Diana’s death. Question: Why? An English princess with an Egyptian boyfriend crashes in a French tunnel, driving a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian who was drunk on Scottish whiskey, followed closely by Italian paparazzi on Japanese motorcycles; treated by an American doctor, using Brazilian medicines. This is sent to you by an American, using Bill Gate’s technology and you are probably reading this on your computer, that uses Taiwanese chips and a Korean monitor, assembled by Bangladeshi workers in a Singapore plant; transported by Indian lorry-drivers, hijacked by Indonesians, unloaded by Sicilian longshoremen and trucked to you by illegal Mexican workers… And that is what Globalization is. ~ source unknown ~
Earth Population as Village of 100 Claim: List summarizes what proportions of common traits would be like if we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people. Example:[Collected on the Internet, 2001] If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following. There would be: 57 Asians 21 Europeans 14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south 8 Africans 52 would be female 48 would be male 70 would be non-white 30 would be white 70 would be non-Christian 30 would be Christian 89 would be heterosexual 11 would be homosexual 6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and all 6 would be from the United States. 80 would live in substandard housing 70 would be unable to read 50 would suffer from malnutrition 1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth 1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education 1 would own a computer 52 would be female 48 would be male
Klimatkalkylatorn 85 rikare än halva jordens befolkning tillsammans Publicerad 2014-01-20 10:19 Världens 85 rikaste personer har mer pengar än jordens fattigaste hälft, 3,5 miljarder människor, tillsammans. De ekonomiska orättvisorna fortsätter öka globalt, enligt välgörenhetsorganisationen Oxfam. – Det är skakande att halva jordens befolkning på 2000-talet inte äger mer än en liten elit vars antal bekvämt skulle få plats i en dubbeldäckare, säger Oxfams vd Winnie Byanyima under det pågående Världsekonomiskt forum i schweiziska Davos. Oxfams rapport ”Working for the few” ger svindlande perspektiv om fördelningen av världens ekonomiska tillgångar som totalt uppskattas till 1.560 biljoner kronor (en biljon har tolv nollor, reds anm). • De 85 rikaste personerna har lika mycket pengar som de 3.500.000.000 fattigaste. • Världens rikaste procent äger hälften av världens rikedom – 712 biljoner kronor – och 65 gånger så mycket som den fattigaste hälften. • 70 procent av världens befolkning bor i länder där inkomstklyftorna ökat de senaste 30 åren.
Statistik | Utrikespolitiska institutet Här kan du jämföra utvecklingen i olika länder på tre olika sätt och utifrån drygt 60 variabler. Med Tabeller och grafer kan du studera vad som hänt under en längre tid, till exempel hur den förväntade livslängden ökat från 1960 och framåt. Du väljer själv tidsintervall samt hur många länder som ska jämföras. Topplistor ger snabbt en tydlig bild av vilka länder som ligger bäst respektive sämst till i olika hänseenden, till exempel vilka länder som har snabbast tillväxt eller vilka som står för de största utsläppen. Genom Skapa din egen tabell kan du själv ställa samman en översikt som passar dina behov. Välj funktion nedan. Statistiken i den här avdelningen kommer huvudsakligen från Världsbanken. De flesta tabeller saknar uppgifter för de mindre länderna till exempel Andorra, Monaco och San Marino i Europa samt de små önationerna i Västindien och Söderhavet. Vi letar ständigt efter fler statistikposter att tillföra Landguiden.
The World's Population Might Not Be About Numbers After All In a world with limited resources, we have to conserve what we have and reduce the number of people on the planet—at least, that’s what most of us believe. But is this true? That’s the provocative question raised by the new documentary Misconception. The film, which premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 20, gives us a personal look at the social and political ramifications of population growth. Oscar-winning director Jessica Yu (best documentary short subject) began exploring the issue of population growth while making her previous documentary, Last Call at the Oasis, which is about the global water crisis. During every post-viewing question-and-answer period, “we literally had people saying, Your next film has to be about population growth,” says Yu. At 29, Bao is under the gun to tie the knot. “They’ve been told you should have someone who’s educated and good-looking, and you shouldn’t have to settle for less,” says Yu.
Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24 A closer look at communities thriving in unexpected places In Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, nearly 70 percent of the population lives in slums that appear to drape like silk over every hill of the city. Iwan Baan: Ingenious homes in unexpected placesIwan Baan is not as interested in what architects build as he is in the beautiful ways that people appropriate the spaces once the planners are gone. In today’s talk, Baan — whose breathtaking image of lower Manhattan after Hurricane Sandy hangs on at least one of our walls — shows incredible images from communities thriving in ways that seem quite opposite to the uniformity of suburbs. First, Baan takes us to Chandigarh, India, where people inhabit buildings created by modernist architects Le Corbusier in very different ways than expected. Then, Baan takes us to Caracas, Venezuela, where an abandoned 45-story building has become a miniature city. Baan’s talk will have you marveling at human ingenuity. With no lifts or escalators, the tower is essentially a forty-five-story walk up.