The United Nations’ 2011 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects report outlined the expected growth of urban population to gain more than 2.5 billion inhabitants by 2050, which will necessarily require … [Read full article]
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Climate Change, Conflict & Ill Health Linked, Pose 'Grave Threat'
” Climate change poses an immediate and grave threat, driving ill health and increasing the risk of conflict, such that each feeds on the other.” asserts a new report in the British Medical Journal by a group of UK defense, medical and public health officials.