Calment’s extraordinary longevity proves the trick to long life is a relaxed attitude towards the rules

Significant policy interventions will be needed to address the demographic imbalance

Whether political leaders can deliver this for them is uncertain

Young people are increasingly switched on—but recent progress could easily go into reverse

A close look at the demography

Growing life expectancy and its ramifications

To avoid the most calamitous effects of climate change, rich countries must work out a way of paying poor ones to develop cleanly. But the scale of the transfers required means that big political battles lie ahead—whatever mechanism is finally…

The Malthusian prophecy of a catastrophe in the world's food supply could yet come to pass

In Europe, the fertility advantage of the religious over non-believers has historically been counterbalanced by the march of secularisation. Not any more. Secularisation in Europe is now in decline, and Islam continues to grow. Europe will start to adopt a…

Eric Kaufmann overlooks what people who call themselves "religious" actually do

It is time for mainstream politics to debate the scale of British immigration

The Turner pensions commission rightly considers greater longevity not as a problem but as part of the solution. Its recommendations of a higher state pension with less means-testing, paid for by later retirement and more saving are right too