Electricity demand, natural gas production, and renewable power expected to soar by 2050

Electricity demand is set to boom in Canada by 2050, according to new modelling from the national energy regulator released on Tuesday. The projections also foresee robust growth in natural gas ...
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I asked AI where living could become hardest by 2050 - the results were sobering

I gave an AI a simple but deeply uncomfortable task: pull together what the science says about the places on Earth where life will be hardest by 2050. I wasn't expecting optimism, and I didn't get any ...

Scientists calculate how many people will die every year by 2050 due to climate change

Unchecked climate change could cost hundreds of thousands of lives by 2050, according to a new study examining how rising temperatures will affect physical activity. A hotter Earth is feared to leave ...

This is how many people will die by 2050 if we don’t curb climate change

In low and middle-income countries, this will drop by 1.85%. Hot spot countries close to the Equator could show inactivity of 4% by 2050. This would mean between 470,000 and 700,000 people worldwide ...

Climate change could cause millions of deaths as heat makes exercise unsafe

Tue, Mar 17, 2026 Unchecked climate change could result in hundreds of thousands of deaths by 2050, according to a new study examining how rising temperatures will affect physical activity. A warmer ...

Rising global temperatures ‘eroding’ the world’s ability to exercise

According to a modelling study in the Lancet Global Health, physical activity is set to drop as temperatures rise – and the shift could lead to more than half a million deaths every year by 2050.
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Eye-opening study predicts exactly how many people will die by 2050 due to climate change

As if things weren't looking hairy already, the team's model found that every month where average temperatures exceed 27.8C (82F) will ruin people's health, cause thousands of deaths, and wreak havoc ...

Inactivity in a warming world could spur hundreds of thousands of deaths

Physical inactivity rises alongside temperature. A study in Lancet projected up to 700,000 additional deaths by 2050 and $3.68 billion in annual productivity losses.
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Florida promised to restore a quarter of the state's reef by 2050. So where's the funding?

The plan was part of an executive order issued in 2023 that set an ambitious timeline to build a coral pipeline to restore the ailing reef. Now labs are scrambling to shuffle funding or risk losing ...

Could reduced air pollution from climate mitigation boost crop yields and lower hunger risk?

An international research team used multiple global agroeconomic models and found that climate mitigation consistent with the 1.5 °C target could raise global hunger risk in 2050 by 17% (56 million ...
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Costa Rica Faces Mounting Pressure as Aging Population Grows Fast

Costa Rica is aging faster than many of its systems can adapt, raising new pressure on pensions, health care, caregiving, and the labor market as 2050 approaches.