The future is looking increasingly uncertain for future generations. As technology advances at breakneck speed, challenges ...

The future of the world's ecological and human systems is deeply interconnected. Protecting nature means protecting people. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic seriously impacted local conservation budgets ...

This report describes the world’s religious makeup in 2020 and how it changed from 2010. We focus on seven categories: Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, people who belong to other ...

Of course, as will most industries, education will be influenced by artificial intelligence (AI). Because AI can replace many technical skills – think data analysis, coding, and entry level tasks – ...

In “The Once and Future World Order,” by Amitav Acharya, and “The Golden Road,” by William Dalrymple, our best hope might be that history repeats itself. A statue of the Buddha in Kamakura, ...

Buddhists are the only group in this report whose number declined worldwide between 2010 and 2020. This was due both to religious disaffiliation among Buddhists in East Asia and to a relatively low ...