IB Geography Patterns and Change

Problem of too many men is exacerbating as rural women 'marry out' into cities, says researcher

Problem of too many men is exacerbating as rural women 'marry out' into cities, says researcher

The UK population is getting older and faces deep financial, emotional and health issues. In the latest part of our series on the fallout from the nation's 'age quake', we examine how a crisis will affect us all as company pension schemes collapse and stock market failures hit private policies. Ruth Sunderland reports on a generation who face working into their seventies - or living out their old age in penury

A new analysis has shown that payments to reduce carbon emissions from the forests could generate more income than palm oil production on deforested land.

The world's first floating wind turbine is to be towed out to sea this weekend.

Climate change photos in the Nepalese mountains before and after

The Indonesian Maritime Minister's proposal comes as a report this week reinforces the need to accommodate forecast increasing numbers of people displaced by climate change

RUSSIA has a long tradition of honouring it soldiers, scholars and scientists for their achievements. Yesterday, it honoured parents with large families with the "Order of Parental Glory" - part of a campaign to halt a dramatic population decline.

Britain is the world centre of a multibillion dollar "carbon offset" industry which is failing to lower global greenhouse gas emissions, a major report from Friends of the Earth claimed today.

Which countries have most elderly people?

Wars, famine, and natural disasters are just a few of the reasons people are forced to leave their homes and flee their countries. Around the world, millions of refugees are waiting, sometimes for a lifetime, to return home. Here is a look at who they are.

People are moving around the world constantly-either toward opportunity or away from misfortune and fear. This is where people are going, and where they are coming from.

high-powered group of senior Republicans and Democrats led two missions to China in the final months of the Bush administration for secret backchannel negotiations aimed at securing a deal on joint US-Chinese action on climate change, the Guardian has learned.

A dramatic 'age quake' is shaking Britain as the country grows older - for the first time ever, the number of people over 65 exceeds those under 16. Here, in the start of a new series looking at the profound financial, emotional and practical issues faced by a rising number of Britons, we report on the best places for retired people to live across the UK.

For the first time ever, the number of Britons over 65 exceeds those under 16. As the country grows older, the demand is growing for people to be able to work beyond pensionable age. And with advanced years comes growing political power - so the debate about retirement age is set to intensify

Scientists in Bolivia say that one of the country's most famous glaciers has almost disappeared as a result of climate change.