Extra one million tourists per year for the Pacific possible by 2040, says World Bank report (World Bank Group)

Edit Public Technologies 23 May 2016
GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA May 23, 2016 - A new World Bank report says careful and sustainable planning around emerging tourism markets could help Pacific Island countries gain as much as US$1.8 billion per year in additional revenues and create up to 128,000 additional jobs by 2040 ... Original documenthttp.//www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2016/05/23/extra-one-million-tourists-per-year-for-the-pacific-possible-by-2040....

Where the World's Oil Will Come From

Edit Forbes 23 May 2016
production begins to decline, Russian production will continue to increase to 12.2 million barrels daily in 2040 ... Canada will go from producing 3.7 million barrels daily in 2011 to 5 milion a day in 2020, 5.7 million in 2025, 6.2 million in 2030, 6.6 million in 2035 and then slowing to 6.7 million in 2040 ... And that will rise consistently before it hits 52.1 million barrels a day in 2040. ....

IMF urges 'unconditional' Greek debt relief

Edit Deutsche Welle 23 May 2016
Greece needs “unconditional debt relief” from its European creditors at least until 2040 to help its finances to recover, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said in a new analysis of Greece's debt burden ... ....

Energy expert Daniel Yergin sees higher oil prices, but it won’t ‘go back to $100 a barrel’

Edit The Dallas Morning News 23 May 2016
By DAVID KOENIG. Associated Press. Following a stunning decline, oil prices have clawed back near the $50 level this year. Production boomed in the U.S. but is now slumping. Globally, OPEC is in disarray and major producers can’t agree on steps to boost prices. Daniel Yergin is the vice chairman of research firm IHS Inc ... U.S ... What will our energy mix look like in 2040 or 2050?. Hydrocarbons are still going to be dominant by 2040 ... Editor Picks....

Cry to protect indigenous people of Assam

Edit The Times of India 23 May 2016
Guwahati ... The Prabajan Virodhi Manch (PVM), which carried out a mass signature campaign in assembly constituencies for protection of indigenous people in constituencies ahead of the polls, on Sunday said sealing of the border in two years and updating the NRC are insufficient in saving the indigenous people from becoming a minority by 2040 ... "But it is 45 years since March, 24 1971 ... That is whether it should be 1951 ... ....

Ingeteam opens a new subsidiary in Uruguay (Ingeteam Energy SA)

Edit Public Technologies 23 May 2016
(Source. Ingeteam Energy SA) Ingeteam has opened a new subsidiary in Urugay, thereby increasing its global presence in 18 countries. The company's headquarters in Uruguay are located in Montevideo and it already has personnel working in different parts of the country, principally in the Salto area ... Specifically, by 2040, Uruguay expects to multiply its installed power six fold, to reach 6.25 GW ... Back ... (noodl. 33739067) ....

This Swedish City Is Moving Three Kilometers Down The Road

Edit IFL Science 23 May 2016
Remember that episode of “The Simpsons” where they had to move the whole town 8 kilometers (five miles) down the road? Well, in one of the more absurd moments of “Simpsons Did It,” this Swedish city is more or less doing exactly that ... Image credit ... With the help of a 12 billion krona ($1.4 billion) cash injection from LKAB, the relocation will take place in staged phases, starting in 2019, and won't be completed until at least 2040 ... ....

Arthritis Across America (CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Edit Public Technologies 23 May 2016
(Source. CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Doctor-diagnosed arthritis is widespread throughout the United States, according to a new study that looks at where arthritis is most common ... county-all 3,142 of them. However, findings were different depending on where you live ... Updated projected prevalence of self-reported doctor-diagnosed arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitations among US adults, 2015-2040....

Euro zone expected to release €10bn loans to Greece

Edit RTE 23 May 2016
It also approved contingency measures that would kick in automatically if Greece were to miss its primary surplus target of 3.5% of GDP in 2018, as the IMF believes it will ... The Fund believes that to make Greek debt sustainable, the euro zone would have to extend the grace period on all their loans to Greece until 2040 and their maturities to 2080 and set a fixed interest rate of 1.5% until 2045 ... ....

Solar Power Grows in the Pacific Northwest (Northwest Power and Conservation Council)

Edit Public Technologies 23 May 2016
(Source. Northwest Power and Conservation Council). The cost of solar has decreased dramatically, helping to spur its growth in the Northwest ... Utility-scale projects tend to be flashier in nature and snag the majority of the headlines ... In addition, Oregon's recently approved 50 percent RPS by 2040 indicates that Portland General Electric and PacifiCorp will be looking to develop or procure additional renewable investments ... (noodl....

Stone age cities: what modern urbanites could learn from paleolithic humans

Edit The Guardian 23 May 2016
However ‘civilised’ we may now consider ourselves to be, biologically we remain much as we were before we began farming and moved into cities. Can we create a healthier future by returning to our paleolithic past?. Cities is supported by. Rockefeller Foundation. The city is not our natural habitat ... But more than half of us now live in cities ... But all is not lost ... Twitter. Physiology ... Twitter ... by 2040, one in five residents will be diabetic ... ....

ECLAC Proposes a New Development Pattern for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean)

Edit Public Technologies 23 May 2016
(Source. ECLAC - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean). Latin America and the Caribbean has a historic opportunity today to change its development pattern and reduce the economic, social and environmental imbalances that affect its inhabitants ... This is the proposal of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) for the year 2030 ... More information. ... E-mail ... E-mail ... (56) 22210 2040, Cell Phone....
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