Selected recent 2050-related headlines:
- CultureLab: Can the planet survive 10 billion people?
- The World of 2050 | TDG - Science, Magick, Myth and History
- Denmark targets 100% renewables by 2050 | Positive News
- Road to 2050 (Part I) by Ian Johnson - The Globalist
- megachange The World in 2050 - US Business News - CNBC
- Goldman Sachs The Rise of Growth Markets
- Global Crop Diversity - How will we feed in 2050
- Deutsche Post DHL Feb 27, 2012 The world in 2050 Deutsche Post DHL releases a study on the future
- GOOD.is Life in the Year 2050 (Raw Image)
- Earth Could be 'Unrecognizable' by 2050 Discovery News
- The current global life expectancy at birth of 71 years is projected to increase to 77 years by 2050.
- By 2050, more than 34 percent of Europe's population is expected to be age 60 or older.
- By 2050, 1.3 million people will be living at home with dementia in the UK.
- By 2050, drones will log more than 250 million flying hours per year over densely populated areas of the European Union.
- Although temperatures are gradually rising with climate change, cold weather deaths are still expected to be high by 2050, due to the ageing and increasing population.
- All regions except for Africa will have around one-quarter or more of their population 60 years of age or older.
- In the U.S., 13 million people will be displaced by sea-level rise alone by the year 2100.
- By 2030, the UN projects that 4.9 billion people will be urban dwellers and the world's urban population will have increased by some 72%.
- The latest figures from the UN's population division predict a global upheaval without parallel in human history over the next four decades: At least 2.2 million migrants will arrive in the rich world every year from now until 2050.
- Japan's share of global GDP continues to decline and is forecast to be roughly half its peak levels by around 2050.
- By 2032, the Eastern Interconnection is projected to have the largest share of U.S. solar PV generation (49%) and that share increases through the projection period to 55% by 2050.
- Pharma-Chemicals could see production fall by 1% to 5% compared with non-Brexit 2030 levels, while production in electric machinery could drop by between 5% and 10%.
- G7 GDPs are only expected to grow at an average annual rate of just 1.6% from 2016 to 2050.
- Annual GDP per capita growth is expected to be more than 3% in many emerging markets from 2016 to 2050.
- Countries like the U.S., U.K., and Japan will experience annual economic growth of 1.5% or less.
- By 2050 everyone could have access to cloud quantum/AI anywhere at any
- Deaths from drug resistance could increase from hundreds of thousands of cases today to 10 million per year by 2050.
- The UK will need more battery storage to hold renewable energy as the country moves towards a target of cutting 80% of carbon emissions by 2050.
- The natural gas share of U.S. electricity generation largely depends on natural gas prices: The price of natural gas delivered to electric power plants averaged $3.47 per million British thermal units in 2017 and in the AEO2018 Reference case is projected to be $5.42 per million Btu in 2050.
- Providing full electricity access to all Africans will require at least a doubling of total electricity production by 2030 from current levels.
- By 2050 the world population of oldest-old aged 80 years and above will triple to 434 million.
- Renewable energy is becoming a significant job producer with as many as 26 million people expected to be working in the sector by 2050.
- Many cities striving for carbon neutrality recognize that averting the worst impacts of climate change will require cutting GHG emissions by at least 80% by 2050.
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