Rising oceans to threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050: report
- 15-Sep-2025
SYDNEY, Australia: Rising oceans and flooding caused by climate change stand to impact 1.5 million Australians by 2050, a landmark report warned Monday ahead of the country’s releasing its emission reduction targets this week. The long-awaited national climate risk assessment found that rising temperatures will have “cascading, compounding, concurrent” impacts on life in Australia, home […]
India likely to import water for use by 2050
- 25-Apr-2016
With fast growing population and faster shrinking groundwater resource, India is expected to be looking for water from somewhere else in the planet by 2050, an Indian media report said.
World cities, home to most people, to add 2.5 billion more by 2050: UN
- 11-Jul-2014
UNITED NATIONS: More than half of the world's seven billion people live in urban areas, with the top "mega cities" - with more than 10 million inhabitants - being Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai, Mexico City and Sao Paulo, according to a United Nations report on Thursday.