RT null T1 Global Environment Outlook 6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People - Chapter 2 A1 United Nations Environment Programme, A2 Banuri, Tariq A2 Prates, Fernando A2 Martino, Diego A2 Murthy, Indu A2 Park, Jacob A2 Zenghelis, Dimitri A2 Kosko, Matthew K1 population growth K1 urbanization K1 economic development K1 technological innovation K1 climate change YR 2019 FD 2019 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27654 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27654 NO The five drivers reviewed in this chapter — population growth and demographics, urbanization, economic development, new technological forces, and climate change — have led to an unprecedented expansion of wealth for many but have also left many behind and could produce trouble for the future. If current trends in inequality continue, the top 0.1 per cent of the population will own more wealth than the global middle class by 2050 (WID 2018).Full report is available at: https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27539 NO https://www.unep.org/resources/global-environment-outlook-6 DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 18, 2026