PUBLICATIONS
JRC Study: Demography and Climate Change
- Type of publication:Study
- Date of publication:June 2023
- Author/s:Joint Research Centre
- Url:https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC133580
The world population has reached 8 billion, and will continue to grow for the next 40 years, while the European population is ageing rapidly and is expected to start shrinking in 2026.
This is happening in parallel with rapid changes in our climate.
A new Joint Research Centre (JRC) study with accompanying video explores the connections, opportunities and challenges of demographic and climate change, and how these can be considered in EU climate policymaking.
Read full study here