Global challenges

The foremost longer-term global challenge lies in the projection that by 2050 world population will increase from the present 6 billion to close to 10 billion (Census... 

New Drug Approval Process Third Edition, The Global Challenge, edited by Richard A. Guarino... 

Walshe, J.L., Cooke, D.R., Neumayr, P. 2005. Five questions for fun and profit A mineral systems perspective on metallogenic epochs, provinces and magmatic hydrothermal Cu and Au deposits. In Mao, J. Bierlein, F. P. (eds.), Mineral Deposit Research Meeting the Global Challenge, 1, 477-480. 

Graziani, M. and Fornasiero, P. (eds) (2007) Renewable Resources and Renewable Energy a Global Challenge, Taylor and Francis, New York. 

DVD Meeting Global Challenges American Chemical Society Kathryn Parent... 

Meyer AA (1998) Death and disability from injury a global challenge. J Trauma 44(1) 1-12... 

Kennedy, I.R. (1997). Biological nitrogen fixation the global challenge and future needs pp. 6-12. The Rockfeller Foundation Bellagio Conference Center, Lake Como, Italy. 

Cokoja M, Bruckmeier C, Rieger B et al (2011) Transformation of carbon dioxide with homogeneous transition-metal catalysts a molecular solution to a global challenge Angew Chem Int Ed 50(37) 8510-8537... 

From a different (but related) environmental perspective, provision of adequate supplies of food, shelter, medicines and resources of energy and raw materials already constitute serious global challenges. Superimposed over the issues of safety and the environment introduced above are difficult and long-term problems involving sustainability. The current population of planet earth, approximately 6 billion, has tripled since 1938. Various projections indicate that by 2050 it will be about 11 billion, nearly twice the present level. Innovative methods for greater food production from diminishing tracts of available arable land and increased and efficient utilization of renewable resources will be essential. 

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infections continue to be a major global challenge in medicine in the 21st century. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 35 million people are living with HIV/AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) with nearly 2.5 million new cases of HIV infection in 2008. These statistics indicate the magnitude of the global epidemic of HIV/AIDS today. 

For a fascinating look at chemicals at work in innovative ways, take a look at BASF s Solutions for global challenges, www.basf.com/group/about-basf. 

Betengaugh M, Bentley W (2008) Metabolic engineering in the 21st century meeting global challenges of sustainability and health. Curr Opin Biotechnol 19 411-413... 

Green Chemistry Meeting Global Challenges [DVD] American Chemical Society Washington, DC, 2003. 

J. Eriksson et al. (eds.), Regulating Chemical Risks European and Global Challenges, DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9428-5 l, Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010... 

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