As the world’s population grows, competition for food, water and energy will increase. Food prices will rise, more people will go hungry, and migrants will flee the worst-affected regions.
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Shanghai encourages second child for eligible couples
Published July 25, 2009 POPULATION Leave a Comment
Shanghai authorities are urging eligible couples to have a second baby amid concerns about a lack of young workers to support its ageing population.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/24/shanghai-second-baby-family-planning
Population of older people set to surpass number of children, report finds
Published July 22, 2009 POPULATION Leave a CommentUS census bureau report highlights shift in global population that may bring social and economic changes worldwide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/20/census-population-ageing-global
The Nabucco and South Stream projects will secure gas for the EU – and change the power balance in the Balkans
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/22/gas-energy-europe-serbia
The government seized control of key levers in the energy sector today in an attempt to kickstart a stalling “green energy” revolution and head off the threats of global warming and a rundown in North Sea oil.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jul/15/labour-green-energy-revolution-plan
Militants in Nigeria’s oil-producing region say they have blown up a major pipeline belonging to Italian energy firm Agip.
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) is an association of oil-producing nations set up in 1960 with the express purpose of influencing oil prices by controlling supply. Things have changed a great deal for the cartel in recent years.
The importance of oil to global economies has been brought into focus as prices reach $100 a barrel. Follow the links for a snapshot of the industry and how reserves, consumption and trade differ around the world.
Are we running out of oil? The world in energy statistics
Published June 11, 2009 Energy Leave a Comment
The amount of proven oil reserves awaiting to be exploited fell last year for the first time in a decade, according to new figures released today. The amount of crude left in the ground was 1.258trn barrels – 3bn less than this time last year.
An oil prices through the decades interactive graph
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/interactive/2008/may/22/commodities
