About 50% of the world’s population – literally billions of people – are voting in 2024, with potentially cataclysmic consequences environmentally, socially and economically.affecting half the planet’s population planned for this year. From Taiwan to Russia to India and more, the presidential and legislative contests have huge implications for human rights, the economy, international relations and prospects for peace in volatile times.
, surveyed over 75,000 people across 77 countries and found that 80% of people want more government action on climate change. UNDP said it was conducted with the University of Oxford in the UK and GeoPoll. The UNDP study also found that 86 percent of voters around the world “want to see their countries set aside geopolitical differences and work together on climate change. The scale of consensus is especially striking in the current global context of increased conflict and the rise of nationalism.”Women are the largest voting bloc in the U.S. and “will decide the presidency,” because they are 53% of the U.S.