Need for common programming platform

Description:

Aging population is the driving force which for example is driving Europe to accept Turkey into the EU. With the advances in medicine the population of the world is living longer which means that the world needs more resources to support this population. Alhtough the birth rate is diminishing around the world. Resources are limited and therefore one day they will end.

Enablers:

- Technogical adavnces in medicine - Better conditions of living in the Developing world - More health awareness

Inhibitors:

- Extending the retirement age to another 10 years so people will have to work more

Paradigms:

There has been enormous concern about the consequences of human population growth for the environment and for social and economic development. But this growth is likely to come to an end in the foreseeable future.

Experts:

United Nations US Department of Health and Human Services

Timing:

Improving on earlier methods of probabilistic forecasting, here we show that there is around an 85 per cent chance that the world's population will stop growing before the end of the century. There is a 60 per cent probability that the world's population will not exceed 10 billion people before 2100, and around a 15 per cent probability that the world's population at the end of the century will be lower than it is today. For different regions, the date and size of the peak population will vary considerably.