https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com The State Of Democracy is a non-profit, non-political, education-oriented social medium newspaper. https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/global-warming-and-its-effects-on-coastal-zones-24 Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/global-warming-and-its-effects-on-coastal-zones-24 <p>Global warming, driven by the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, significantly impacts coastal zones worldwide. These effects include rising sea levels, increased coastal erosion, more frequent and severe storms, and loss of biodiversity. This article explores these impacts and discusses mitigation and adaptation strategies to protect coastal communities and ecosystems.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/global-warming-and-public-health-risks-and-responses-23 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/global-warming-and-public-health-risks-and-responses-23 <p>Global warming, the result of the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, has a significant impact on public health. Risks include respiratory, cardiovascular, infectious diseases, and mental health issues. This article discusses these risks and proposes responses at both the individual and government levels to mitigate the health effects of climate change.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/promote-just-peaceful-and-inclusive-societies-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-16-22 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/promote-just-peaceful-and-inclusive-societies-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-16-22 <p>The UN explains: <em>"Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals is dedicated to the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, the provision of access to justice for all, and building effective, accountable institutions at all levels."</em><br /><br />This aims to promote peaceful societies at national levels, as well as the role of cooperation at the international level.<br /><br />You can find further details on the topics aligned to peace, cooperation, and justice in the Our World in Data entries on War and Peace, Terrorism, Military Spending, Nuclear Weapons, Homicides, Human Rights, Corruption and Violence Against & Rights for Children.<br /><br />The UN has defined 12 Targets and 23 Indicators for SDG 16. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.<br /><br /><strong>How is the world doing on this goal?</strong></p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/sustainably-manage-forests-combat-desertification-halt-and-reverse-land-degradation-halt-biodiversit-21 Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/sustainably-manage-forests-combat-desertification-halt-and-reverse-land-degradation-halt-biodiversit-21 <p>The UN explains: <em>"Forests cover 30 percent of the Earth’s surface and in addition to providing food security and shelter, forests are key to combating climate change, protecting biodiversity and the homes of the indigenous population. Thirteen million hectares of forests are being lost every year while the persistent degradation of drylands has led to the desertification of 3.6 billion hectares."</em><br /><br />The UN has defined 12 Targets and 14 Indicators for SDG 15. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.<br /><br /><strong>How is the world doing on this goal?</strong></p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/conserve-and-sustainably-use-the-oceans-seas-and-marine-resources-the-united-nations-sustainable-dev-20 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/conserve-and-sustainably-use-the-oceans-seas-and-marine-resources-the-united-nations-sustainable-dev-20 <p>The UN explains: <em>"Our oceans — their temperature, circulation, chemistry, and ecosystems — play a fundamental role in making Earth habitable.<br /><br />Our rainwater, drinking water, weather, climate, coastlines, much of our food, and even the oxygen in the air we breathe, are all ultimately provided and regulated by the sea. Throughout history, oceans and seas have been vital conduits for trade and transportation. Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future."</em><br /><br />The UN has defined 10 Targets and 10 Indicators for SDG 14. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.<br /><br /><strong>How is the world doing on this goal?</strong></p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/take-urgent-action-to-combat-climate-change-and-its-impacts-the-united-nations-sustainable-developme-19 Wed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/take-urgent-action-to-combat-climate-change-and-its-impacts-the-united-nations-sustainable-developme-19 <p>The UN explains: <em>"Affordable, scalable solutions are now available to enable countries to leapfrog to cleaner, more resilient economies. The pace of change is quickening as more people are turning to renewable energy and a range of other measures that will reduce emissions and increase adaptation efforts."</em><br /><br />Further data and statistics can be found at the Our World in Data entry on CO2 and Other Greenhouse Gas Emissions.<br /><br />The UN has defined 5 Targets and 8 Indicators for SDG 13. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.<br /><br /><strong>How is the world doing on this goal?</strong></p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/ensure-sustainable-consumption-and-production-patterns-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-go-18 Wed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/ensure-sustainable-consumption-and-production-patterns-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-go-18 <p>The UN explains: <em>"Sustainable consumption and production is about promoting resource and energy efficiency, sustainable infrastructure, and providing access to basic services, green and decent jobs, and a better quality of life for all. Its implementation helps to achieve overall development plans, reduce future economic, environmental and social costs, strengthen economic competitiveness and reduce poverty."</em><br /><br />Definitions of and indicators for sustainable resource consumption are currently limited, as shown in the data available below.<br /><br />The UN has defined 11 Targets and 13 Indicators for SDG 12. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.<br /><br /><strong>How is the world doing on this goal?</strong></p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/make-cities-inclusive-safe-resilient-and-sustainable-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-17 Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/make-cities-inclusive-safe-resilient-and-sustainable-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-17 <p>The UN explains: <em>"The challenges cities face can be overcome in ways that allow them to continue to thrive and grow while improving resource use and reducing pollution and poverty. The future we want includes cities of opportunities for all, with access to basic services, energy, housing, transportation, and more."</em><br /><br />The UN has defined 10 Targets and 15 Indicators for SDG 11. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.</p><p><strong>How is the world doing on this goal?</strong></p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/reduce-inequality-within-and-among-countries-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-10-16 Wed, 08 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/reduce-inequality-within-and-among-countries-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-10-16 <p>The UN explains: <em>"The international community has made significant strides towards lifting people out of poverty. The most vulnerable nations – the least developed countries, the landlocked developing countries, and the small island developing states – continue to make inroads into poverty reduction. However, inequality still persists and large disparities remain in access to health and education services and other assets."</em></p><p>The UN has defined 10 Targets and 11 Indicators for SDG 10. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.<br /><br /><strong>How is the world doing on this goal?</strong></p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/industry-innovation-and-infrastructure-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-9-15 Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/industry-innovation-and-infrastructure-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-9-15 <p>The UN explains: <em>"Investments in infrastructure – transport, irrigation, energy, and information and communication technology – are crucial to achieving sustainable development and empowering communities in many countries. It has long been recognized that growth in productivity and incomes, and improvements in health and education outcomes require investment in infrastructure."</em></p><p>The UN has defined 8 Targets and 12 Indicators for SDG 9. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.</p><p><strong>How is the world doing on this goal?</strong></p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/decent-work-and-economic-growth-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-8-14 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/decent-work-and-economic-growth-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-8-14 <p>The UN explains: <em>"Roughly half the world’s population still lives on the equivalent of about US$2 a day. And in too many places, having a job doesn’t guarantee the ability to escape from poverty. This slow and uneven progress requires us to rethink and retool our economic and social policies aimed at eradicating poverty."</em></p><p>The UN has defined 12 Targets and 17 Indicators for SDG 8. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.</p><p><strong>How is the world doing on this goal?</strong></p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/affordable-and-clean-energy-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-7-13 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/affordable-and-clean-energy-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-7-13 <p>The UN explains: <em>"Energy is central to nearly every major challenge and opportunity the world faces today. Be it for jobs, security, climate change, food production, or increasing incomes, access to energy for all is essential.<br /><br />Transitioning the global economy towards clean and sustainable sources of energy is one of our greatest challenges in the coming decades. Sustainable energy is an opportunity – it transforms lives, economies, and the planet."</em><br /><br />The UN has defined 5 Targets and 6 Indicators for SDG 7. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.<br /><br /><strong>How is the world doing on this goal?</strong></p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/clean-water-and-sanitation-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-6-10 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/clean-water-and-sanitation-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-6-10 <p>The UN explains: <em>"Clean water is a basic human need and one that should be easily accessible to all. There is sufficient fresh water on the planet to achieve this. However, due to poor infrastructure, investment, and planning, every year millions of people — most of them children — die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation, and hygiene."</em><br /><br />The UN has defined 8 Targets and 11 Indicators for SDG 6. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.<br /><br /><strong>How is the world doing on this goal?</strong></p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/achieve-gender-equality-and-empower-all-women-and-girls-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-g-9 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/achieve-gender-equality-and-empower-all-women-and-girls-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-g-9 <p>The UN explains: <em>"Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.<br /><br />Providing women and girls with equal access to education, health care, decent work, and representation in political and economic decision-making processes will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies and humanity at large."</em><br /><br />The UN has defined 9 Targets and 14 Indicators for SDG 5. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.<br /><br /><strong>How is the world doing on this goal?</strong></p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/quality-education-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-4-8 Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/quality-education-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-4-8 <p>The UN explains: <em>"Obtaining a quality education underpins a range of fundamental development drivers. Major progress has been made towards increasing access to education at all levels, particularly for women and girls.</em></p><p><em>Basic literacy skills across the world have improved tremendously, yet bolder efforts are needed to achieve universal education goals for all. For example, the world has achieved equality in primary education between girls and boys, but few countries have achieved that target at all levels of education."</em></p><p>The charts and visuals below provide data on the major developments in global education in relation to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets.</p><p>The UN has defined 10 Targets and 11 Indicators for SDG 4. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.</p><p><strong>How is the world doing on this goal?</strong></p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/good-health-and-well-being-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-3-7 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/good-health-and-well-being-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-3-7 <p>The UN explains: <em>"Significant strides have been made in increasing life expectancy and reducing some of the common killers responsible for the child and maternal mortality.<br /><br />Major progress has also been made on increasing access to clean water and sanitation, reducing malaria, tuberculosis, polio, and the spread of HIV/AIDS.<br /><br />However, many more efforts are needed to control a wide range of diseases and address many different persistent and emerging health issues."</em><br /><br />The UN has defined 13 Targets and 28 Indicators for SDG 3. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.<br /><br /><strong>How is the world doing on this goal?</strong></p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/zero-hunger-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-2-6 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/zero-hunger-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-2-6 <p>The UN explains: <em>"It is time to rethink how we grow, share and consume our food.</em></p><p><em>If done right, agriculture, forestry, and fisheries can provide nutritious food for all and generate decent incomes while supporting people-centered rural development and protecting the environment.</em></p><p><em>Right now, our soils, freshwater, oceans, forests, and biodiversity are being rapidly degraded. Climate change is putting even more pressure on the resources we depend on, increasing risks associated with disasters such as droughts and floods. Many rural women and men can no longer make ends meet on their land, forcing them to migrate to cities in search of opportunities.</em></p><p><em>A profound change of the global food and agriculture system is needed if we are to nourish today’s 815 million hungry and the additional 2 billion people expected by 2050.</em></p><p><em>The food and agriculture sector offers key solutions for development, and is central for hunger and poverty eradication."</em></p><p>The UN has defined 8 Targets and 13 Indicators for SDG 2. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.</p><p><strong>How is the world doing on this goal?</strong></p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/no-poverty-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-1-5 Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/no-poverty-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-1-5 <p>The UN explains: Extreme poverty rates have fallen by more than half since 1990. While this is a remarkable achievement, one-in-five people in developing regions still live on less than $1.90 a day. Millions more make little more than this daily amount and are at risk of slipping back into extreme poverty.<br /><br />Sustainable Development Goal 1 (SDG1) aims to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. The visualizations and data below present the latest data on our progress there.<br /><br />The UN has defined 7 Targets and 14 Indicators for SDG 1. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.<br /><br /><strong>How is the world doing on this goal?</strong></p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/curiosities-of-the-10-oldest-democratic-governments-4 Wed, 24 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/curiosities-of-the-10-oldest-democratic-governments-4 <p>Democracy (from the Greek: δημοκρατία, dēmokratiā, from dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule') is a form of government in which the people have the authority to choose their governing legislation. Who people are and how authority is shared among them are core issues for democratic theory, development, and constitution. Cornerstones include freedom of assembly and speech, inclusiveness and equality, membership, consent, voting, right to life, and minority rights.<br /><br />This is the list of the top 10 countries in the modern world with the oldest government with democratic systems:</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/the-top-2019-democratic-countries-1 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/lists/the-top-2019-democratic-countries-1 <p>The democracy in the nations where fundamental civil and political freedoms are not only respected but also reinforced with a political culture that encourages growth and respect for democratic principles. These nations have a valid system of government checks and balances, an independent judiciary whose decisions are enforced, well-functioning governments, and a variety of independent media. The next list of countries are the top 10 democratic nations in the world in 2019:</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/where-does-the-plastic-in-our-oceans-come-from-35 Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/where-does-the-plastic-in-our-oceans-come-from-35 <p>80% of the world's ocean plastics enter the ocean through rivers and coasts. The other 20% comes from marine sources such as fishing nets, ropes, and fleets. To deal with plastic pollution, we need to know where these plastics come from. Previous studies suggested that a very small number of rivers were responsible for the vast majority of ocean plastics: 60% to 90% of the plastics came from just ten rivers.<br /><br />Higher-resolution mapping and consideration of factors such as climate, terrain, land use, and distance to the ocean suggest that many smaller rivers play a bigger role than we thought. 1,600 of the largest emitting rivers are needed to account for 80% of plastic inputs to the ocean.<br /><br />It is estimated that 81% of ocean plastics come from Asian rivers. The Philippines alone contributes about a third of the world total. Since the number of contributing rivers is much larger than previously thought, we will need global efforts to improve waste management and plastic collection rather than targeting just a few of the larger rivers.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/how-do-we-know-that-population-growth-is-coming-to-a-end-34 Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/how-do-we-know-that-population-growth-is-coming-to-a-end-34 <p>Following decades of very fast population growth, there is often concern that population growth is out-of-control: that an end to growth is not in sight.<br /><br />But we know this is not the case: population growth is slowing and will come to an end. How do we know? The moment in demographic history when the number of children in the world stops increasing is not far away. It is the moment that Hans Rosling famously called ‘peak child’ and it is pre-emptive of the moment in history when the population stops increasing.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/the-world-on-the-road-to-democracy-33 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/the-world-on-the-road-to-democracy-33 <p>Most of the countries of the world are now democracies. The slow increase in the number of democracies in the last two centuries was marked by the First and Second World Wars.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/the-history-of-world-democracies-32 Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/the-history-of-world-democracies-32 <p>A democracy is a political system with institutions that allow citizens to express their political preferences, has constraints on the power of the executive, and provides a guarantee of civil liberties.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/if-the-world-adopted-a-plant-based-diet-we-would-reduce-global-agricultural-land-use-from-4-to-1-bil-30 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/if-the-world-adopted-a-plant-based-diet-we-would-reduce-global-agricultural-land-use-from-4-to-1-bil-30 <p>Half of the world’s habitable land is used for agriculture, with most of this used to raise livestock for dairy and meat. Livestock is fed from two sources – lands on which the animals graze and land on which feeding crops, such as soy and cereals, are grown. How much would our agricultural land use decline if the world adopted a plant-based diet?</p><p>Research suggests that if everyone shifted to a plant-based diet we would reduce global land use for agriculture by 75%. This large reduction of agricultural land use would be possible thanks to a reduction in land used for grazing and a smaller need for land to grow crops. The research also shows that cutting out beef and dairy (by substituting chicken, eggs, fish, or plant-based food) has a much larger impact than eliminating chicken or fish.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/are-people-in-democracies-healthier-29 Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/are-people-in-democracies-healthier-29 <p>There is a link between good health and political freedom. A study in 2015 shows that countries with the highest democratic index show a reduction in infant mortality.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/climate-change-and-flying-what-share-of-global-co2-emissions-come-from-aviation-27 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/climate-change-and-flying-what-share-of-global-co2-emissions-come-from-aviation-27 <p>Aviation counts for about 2.5% of global CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, but its overall contribution to climate change is higher. This is because air travel doesn't just emit CO<sub>2</sub> - it affects the climate in several more complex ways.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/renewable-energy-the-key-to-a-green-low-carbon-future-5 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/renewable-energy-the-key-to-a-green-low-carbon-future-5 <p>One of the very worst misconceptions about the challenge of climate change is that it is an easy problem to solve. It is not.<br /><br />Climate policy is exceedingly difficult and the technological challenges are much larger than the electricity sector alone since it is only one of several big sectors that need to be decarbonized. We need change and technological innovation across all these sectors at a scale that matches the problem and the problem is big.<br /><br />But what the consideration of changing electricity prices has shown is that we have a clear option in front of us where we are able to make very important progress. Low-carbon technologies that were so expensive just a few decades ago that they were only affordable for satellites have come down steadily in price and now provide the cheapest electricity on the planet (which implies that they are now the cheapest source of energy that humanity ever had access to).<br /><br />Driving down the costs of renewables is key to a green, low-carbon future, but it also has a big benefit for people today: Your real income is the ratio between what you are paid and the price of the goods and services you pay for – that is why falling energy prices means that people’s real income is growing. Falling energy prices means economic growth and less poverty.<br /><br />The reason we can hope for a future in which renewables are deployed rapidly and where fossil fuel plants become increasingly unprofitable is that renewables follow steep learning curves, and fossil fuels do not. We are heading towards a future in which the disadvantage of fossil fuels will keep increasing.<br /><br />But limiting climate change is a race against time and we have a long way to go. There is a good chance that the world has reached the peak of greenhouse gas emissions last year. A huge milestone, but the peak is not the goal; we need to get all the way down to net-zero.<br /><br />The argument for scaling these technologies up sooner rather than later is that we are getting to the low-carbon, low-cost future faster. This ensures that the power plants that will be built in the coming years are not fossil fuel plants but renewables.<br /><br />This is key to bringing down greenhouse gas emissions fast. And it has the side effects that it saves people from air pollution and it reduces energy prices – which means growing incomes and declining poverty.<br /><br />Below we present an article about the costs of the different energy options from 2009 to 2019.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/parents-with-kids-the-next-generation-of-the-world-4 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/parents-with-kids-the-next-generation-of-the-world-4 <p>Today in the world many countries are presenting the trend that parents spend more time with their children than they used to, partly to changes in social conventions and economic progress, and decreased working hours. It is important to mention that parent-child interactions are important for child development, the next generation of the world.<br /><br />Although there are large differences between countries, and also large inequalities between different population groups within each country in general trends tend to go in the same direction.<br /><br />To date, this study presents us with the trend in social responsibility that our future generations will exercise that will be in charge (infants of 10 years) to those who are in charge of our worldwide development (adults 55 years).</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/the-world-s-energy-problem-high-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-energy-poverty-2 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/news/the-world-s-energy-problem-high-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-energy-poverty-2 <p>The world lacks large-scale, cheap, low-carbon, and safe energy alternatives to fossil fuels. Until we expand those alternatives, the world will continue to face today's two energy problems. The energy issue that receives the most attention is the link between access to energy and greenhouse gas emissions. But the world has another global energy problem that is just as big: Hundreds of millions of people completely lack access to sufficient energy, with dire consequences for themselves and the environment.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/polls/covid-19-what-do-you-think-11 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/polls/covid-19-what-do-you-think-11 <p>Given the global crisis on the subject of COVID-19, dev.thestateofdemocracy.com has created a survey of 10 simple questions for our readers. This was done to collect the opinion of the world citizens to support the scientific and government community.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/videos/is-it-too-late-to-stop-climate-change-well-it-s-complicated-24 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/videos/is-it-too-late-to-stop-climate-change-well-it-s-complicated-24 <p><strong>Climate Change</strong> definition: a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.</p><p>The question is. <em>Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change?</em> In this video, we present the reasons for this big problem and some solutions to solve them.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/videos/clean-seas-turn-the-tide-on-plastic-23 Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/videos/clean-seas-turn-the-tide-on-plastic-23 <p>The Clean Seas campaign works with governments, businesses, and citizens to eliminate the needless use of disposable plastics in order to protect our rivers, seas, and the ecosystems which sustain life on earth and our very well-being. The campaign, which is technically rooted in the long-standing work of UNEP and the Global Partnership on Marine Litter, focuses on increasing ambition for policies that will reduce pollution and build circular economies, encouraging innovation in supply chain and waste management, and on inspiring individual behavior change to send important signals to business and government that this is a priority that we all care about.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/videos/living-soil-a-documentary-for-all-of-us-22 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/videos/living-soil-a-documentary-for-all-of-us-22 <p>Our soils support 95 percent of all food production, and by 2060, our soils will be asked to give us as much food as we have consumed in the last 500 years.<br /><br />They filter our water. They are one of our most cost-effective reservoirs for sequestering carbon. They are our foundation for biodiversity. And they are vibrantly alive, teeming with 10,000 pounds of biological life in every acre.<br /><br />Yet in the last 150 years, we’ve lost half of the basic building block that makes soil productive. The societal and environmental costs of soil loss and degradation in the United States alone are now estimated to be as high as $85 billion every single year. Like any relationship, our living soil needs our tenderness. It’s time we changed everything we thought we knew about soil. Let’s make this the century of living soil.<br /><br />This documentary was directed by Chelsea Myers of Tiny Attic Productions and produced by the Soil Health Institute through the generous support of The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/videos/universal-basic-income-ubi-the-new-poverty-solving-strategy-19 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/videos/universal-basic-income-ubi-the-new-poverty-solving-strategy-19 <p>There is a high level of poverty in the world, the question is how it can be based.<br /><br />A new Universal Basic Income strategy philosophically promises to be the solution to the world's poverty problems. It is about empowering low-income people with a basic income to ease the economic burden so that beneficiaries can focus on their own financial and economic development.<br /><br />Here's an example of a successful model. This strategy is used in the US for the development of agriculture through Food Stamps. The funds, instead of going directly to farmers, go to the beneficiaries so that they are the ones who distribute them through their needs. This goes beyond providing funds to beneficiaries.<br /><br />Let's take a closer look at this. A beneficiary goes shopping when they see their shopping cart we find different products we strategically put a value of $100.00 without tax.<br /><br />Let's separate the items: milk, meat, bread, eggs, corn-based cereal, lettuce, broccoli, tomato, apples and pebble, coffee, chocolate powder. To make it easy to understand the weight of each item equals the amount of the item to be produced. The price is the cost of the distribution chain of that item until it reaches the farmer. That's basically how federal funds are distributed in the US. Apply this to millions of beneficiaries and hundreds of thousands of items. Creating a demand and supply market.<br /><br />Now imagine this example but in rent payment that you see impact hardware stores, plumbers, electricians, handyman, maintenance, etc. The economic impact on payment profits, transportation, etc.<br /><br />The most important thing for UBI's success is the appropriate use of these funds from the beneficiary.<br /><br />Below is a video on the topic to expand the concept.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/videos/vaccine-how-works-in-the-human-body-18 Wed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/videos/vaccine-how-works-in-the-human-body-18 <p>A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease. The terms vaccine and vaccination are derived from Variolae vaccinae known as cow pox. A term devised by Edward Jenner, who by 1798 used it as a title for his research for the development of the concept of vaccines and the creation of the first vaccine to file smallpox.<br /><br />In 1881, Louis Pasteur proposed that the terms vaccine and vaccination be extended to cover the new protective inoculations that were being developed in Jenner's honor.<br /><br />In the next video we present how vaccine works in the human body.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/videos/egoistic-altruism-a-selfish-argument-for-making-the-world-a-better-place-14 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/videos/egoistic-altruism-a-selfish-argument-for-making-the-world-a-better-place-14 <p>Altruism is the tendency to help others selflessly. The word, as such, comes from the French altruisme, a voice derived from autrui, meaning 'another person' or 'the others'. It originally refers to Latin alter, which translates 'other'.<br /><br />The term altruism was created in the 19th century by the French philosopher Augustus Comte to define a type of behavior opposed to selfishness.<br /><br />People who act with altruism do so selflessly, without pursuing personal benefit, but with the aim of seeking the good of others.<br /><br />An altruistic person, in this sense, is one who thinks of others before himself. It's someone who helps or supports those who need help without expecting anything in return.<br /><br />Altruism is a very important value in society because it is based on solidarity and empathy with the other.</p> https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/videos/the-coronavirus-explained-what-you-should-do-11 Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.thestateofdemocracy.com/videos/the-coronavirus-explained-what-you-should-do-11 <p>In the fight against the pandemic, we find ourselves in the fortunate position that what is good for us is also good for everyone else. By protecting yourself, you are slowing the spread of the pandemic.<br /><br />You and everyone else have the same two clear personal goals during this pandemic: not to get infected and not to infect others.<br /><br />In order not to become infected, you must do everything you can to prevent the virus from entering your body through your mouth, nose, or eyes. In order not to infect other people, your goal is to prevent the virus from spreading from your body to someone else's mouth, nose, or eyes.<br /><br />What can you do? How can all of us, you and me, do our part to flatten the curve? The three main measures are called the three Ws: wash your hands, put on a mask, watch your distance.</p>