CHALLENGES IN THE FUTURE

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CHALLENGES IN THE FUTURE

OVERPOPULATION

Low income people

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?

Lack of family planning

Inmigration

Fertility treatment

Better medical facilities

Decline in the death rate

Africa

Asia

The population is expected to reach between 8 and 10.5 billion between the 2040 and 2050

WHAT ARE THE DISADVANTAGES?

Pressure on the land

Food security

Distribution of wealth and resources

GLOBAL WARMING/CLIMATE CHANGE

People

Animals

WHY?

Waste

Deforestation

Industrial activity

Human activity

All around the world

WHEN?

Right now and it will get worst in the future

WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES?

Severe weather

Droughts

Rising sea levels

Tsunamis

Flooding

Extreme heat

Wildfires

Increase volcanic activity

Melting artics

Water quality impacts

Water and Food supply impacts

Malnutrition

Enviromental Degradation

Species extinction

Forest loss

Forced migration

Air Pollution

Cardiorespiratory disease

Increasing allergens

GLOBAL PANDEMICS

WHO AFFECTS?

Everyone

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?

Technology

Weather and climate changes

Human population dynamics

WHERE?

All over the world

WHEN IT OCCURS?

When a new influenza virus emerges and spreads around the world, and people do not have inmunity

WHAT IS?

Is the worldwide spread of a new disease