The year 2050 is still decades away, but it's not too early to start planning for a mid-century retirement. Understanding how much you will need to retire by 2050 depends on a range of factors, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. Oil and gas companies are starting to pivot toward climate ...

The latest findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2021, published in The Lancet, forecast that global life expectancy will increase by 4.9 years in males and 4.2 years in females ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burning fossil fuels is a huge health hazard. The air pollution alone causes 1 in 5 deaths annually. A rapid transition to green ...

Worldwide stroke deaths could increase by 50 percent by 2050, killing as many as 9.7 million people per year, an international group of stroke researchers predicts in a report in Lancet Neurology.

The United States is expected to make only minor gains in life expectancy over the next few decades, and this minimal improvement highlights an “alarming trajectory of health challenges” facing the ...

A study has found that implementing robust air pollution control measures could mean Southeast Asian countries prevent as many as 36,000 ozone-related premature deaths each year by 2050. A study by ...

Life expectancy around the world is expected to increase by nearly 5 years in men and more than 4 years in women during the next three decades, researchers predict. These increases are expected to be ...

The argument that it costs too much to fix climate change has never held water, but a study out Wednesday in Nature has thrown a new iceberg in its way. Researchers in Germany found that climate ...

According to research conducted by a prominent American think tank, the Pew Research Center, the Hindu population is expected to increase significantly in several countries over the coming decades. By ...

A Japanese organization working on measures against climate change has released a video that features fictional weather forecasts for the year 2050. The organization created it in cooperation with the ...

Life expectancy across the world is expected to increase by almost five years by 2050, new findings suggest. The forecast indicates that between 2022 and 2050 the life expectancy for men is expected ...