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Atlas for a Changing Planet Understanding natural and human systems is an essential first step toward reducing the severity of climate change and adapting to a warmer future. Maps and geographic information systems are the primary tools by which scientists, policymakers, planners, and activists visualize and understand our rapidly changing world. Spatial information informs decisions about how to build a better future. Scroll down or click below to explore a sampling of maps from Esri's ArcGIS Online resource on these themes: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Photo by DAVID ILIFF. Tap for details Swipe to explore Tap to get back to the Map Swipe to explore For hundreds of millions of years, carbon has cycled through the Earth and its atmosphere, oceans, and biosphere. Click on the map for details. Source: European Space Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Forests are a carbon sink—they absorb more carbon than they release via photosynthesis. This map features world forests and is derived from Landsat data. Source: Esri, Mark J.
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Breathingearth - CO2, birth & death rates by country, simulated real-time Bildresultat för on the way to schoo The World's Largest Slums: Dharavi, Kibera, Khayelitsha & Neza While the number of people living the five biggest slums in the world amounts to 5.7 million, this is only just a drop in the ocean. Today, by the most conservative estimates, about 900 million people live in slums. But most experts agree that including different types of informal settlements, the number goes up to 1.6 billion – which represents 1/4 of the world’s urban population. By 2030, it’s estimated that it 1 in 4 people on the planet will live in a slum or other informal settlement. Khayelitsha in Cape Town (South Africa): 400,000Kibera in Nairobi (Kenya): 700,000Dharavi in Mumbai (India): 1,000,000Neza (Mexico): 1,200,000Orangi Town in Karachi (Pakistan): 2,400,000 Due to population growth and the migration trend from rural areas to cities, these slums are clearly here to stay. That’s why we work every day to rehabilitate slums around the world, turning unhealthy shelters into safe, decent homes for the most vulnerable families. Water & sanitation More and better jobs
Japaner vill inte ha sex Foto: AP Konservativa Japan är det land som lär ha den minst tillfredsställda befolkningen. I en undersökning sade sig endast 15 procent av japanerna vara nöjda med sitt sexliv och 45 procent av kvinnorna uppgav att de var ointresserade av – eller till och med avskydde – sex. Redan för flera år sedan varnade japanska myndigheter för att landets medborgare blir allt mindre intresserade av samlag. Det kan tyckas märkligt i vissas ögon. Anledningen till fenomenet tros vara patriarkala strukturer. Japan är ett av de länder i världen som har absolut högst antal singelhushåll. En annan studie visar att en tredjedel av alla japaner under 30, aldrig har dejtat. Fler vuxenblöjor än bebisblöjor Och det faktum att statliga myndigheter har slagit larm, verkar inte göra japanerna mer sugna på varandra. 2012 föddes nämligen färre barn än någonsin i landets historia. Kunio Kitamura är chef för organisationen för familjeplanering. Kvinnor stannar hemma Eri Tomita arbetar med HR på en bank i Tokyo.
Afrikas befolkning fördubblas till 2050 Enligt FN:s senaste befolkningsprognos kommer världens befolkning att fortsätta öka. Men hur mycket den kommer att öka är osäkert och beror till stor del på hur fruktsamheten, antalet barn som föds per kvinna, förändras i framtiden. Sedan 1950 har fruktsamheten i världen sjunkit från i genomsnitt 5 barn per kvinna till 2,5 kring år 2010. FN visar i sin prognos hur världens befolkning förändras utifrån tre olika antaganden om fruktsamhet. Högt barnafödande ger en kraftigt ökad befolkning Världens befolkning år 1970‑2050, utifrån olika antaganden om nivån på fruktsamhet Medelalternativet kompletteras med ett alternativ med högre och ett med lägre barnafödande. Enligt medelalternativet för fruktsamheten skulle världens befolkning öka från dagens 7,2 miljarder till 9,6 miljarder år 2050. Olika antaganden om fruktsamhet ger vitt skilda framtidsscenarier och hur många barn som föds har stor betydelse för hur befolkningen utvecklas. Stor befolkningsökning i Afrika
Flyktingar i världen Under de senaste två decennierna har antalet människor på flykt som resultat av krig eller förföljelse ökat från 33,9 miljoner 1997 till 70,8 miljoner år 2018 enligt FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR. Den största ökningen har skett de senaste fem åren framförallt på grund av kriget i Syrien som bröt ut 2011. Över 6,7 miljoner syrier har flytt ut ur landet, varav 140 000 är asylsökande medan knappt 6,2 miljoner är på flykt inom Syrien. Största ökningen av flyktingar någonsin Enligt FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR får varje dag i genomsnitt 44 400 människor lämna sina hem till följd av krig eller förföljelse. Källa: UNHCR. Ungefär tre av fem människor på flykt (41,3 miljoner) är så kallade internflyktingar, det vill säga människor som har tvingats på flykt i sitt eget hemland. Läs mer om vem som definieras som flyktingLäs mer om internflyktingarLäs mer om asylsökande i världen De flesta flyr till utvecklingsländer Turkiet var det land som agerade värdland åt flest flyktingar år 2018. Källa: UNHCR.
38 maps that explain the global economy Commerce knits the modern world together in a way that nothing else quite does. Almost anything you own these days is the result of a complicated web of global interactions. And there's no better way to depict those interactions and the social and political circumstances that give rise to them than with a map or two. 1) World GDP per capita GDP per capita isn’t a perfect proxy for living standards (it doesn’t consider inequality, for example, or the fact that the weather is way nicer in Spain than Denmark), but it’s the best quick summary measure of economic capacity that we have. 2) Economic center of gravity map The consulting firm McKinsey made this map based on Angus Maddison’s historical data to show the world’s “economic center of gravity” over time. 3) World light map Economic activity is abstract and, in many ways, hard to measure precisely. A world of regions 4) The century-old deal that drives the Fed 5) Korea at night 6) Unemployment in Europe 7) Africa’s mobile banking leap People
By 2050, flooding could cost the world’s coastal cities over $60 billion a year In 2005, flooding caused $6 billion worth of damage globally. By 2050, we could be hit with 10 times that much in losses — and that’s only if the world’s biggest coastal cities make significant investments to mitigate risk. If we do nothing, costs could soar to $1 trillion. These sobering statistics come from a new study in Nature Climate Change which identifies the 20 coastal metropolises that stand to lose the most when (not if) major flooding occurs in the future. Sea-level rise, subsidence (the land sinking), and increasingly strong storms — all related to climate change — increase the risk of flooding. But much of the growing price tag of future flood losses is thanks to the growing numbers of people crowding along the world’s coasts. Time reports: [T]he most immediate threat is the sheer increase in people—and their property—put in harm’s way in coastal cities.