Population (2017):
- 65,511,098
- Population growth rate: 0.53%
- Global rank: 21st
- Urban Population: 81.9% (53,627,859)
- Median age: 40.5 years
- Birth rate: 12.1 births/1,000 population
- Death rate: 9.4 deaths/1,000 population
- Leading religion: Christian with 59.5%
Economy:
- Third largest economy in Europe after Germany and France
- Affected by the global financial crisis in 2008
- Ex. falling home prices, higher consumer debt
- GDP: 2.78 trillion
- GDP per capita: 42,500
- Labor force: 33.17 million
- Unemployment rate: 5.1%
- Public debt: 92.2% of GDP
Views on Climate Change:
- UK Government strongly believes that human activity has been the reason for these changes since the industrial revolution
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by investing in low-carbon energy sources
Effects on the United Kingdom:
- Heavier rains are occurring which could lead to drier summers and wetter winters
- Rising temperatures will affect wildlife
- Large storms damaging habitat’s
- Behavior changes with animals leading to an unbalance between prey and predators
- Hotter summers causing more droughts, leading to increased difficulty of growing traditional crops
- Positive: could be a possibility to grow peaches, maize, and sunflowers
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