Tag: Population Growth
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Women Must Be Heard in the Climate Change Debate
Women are more affected by climate disruption worldwide, so their voices must be heard.
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Full Planet, Empty Plates: Chapter 2. The Ecology of Population Growth
The most recent U.N. demographic projections show world population growing to 9.3 billion by 2050, an addition of 2.3 billion people.
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If the world's population was 100 people [Infographic]
Graphic designer Jack Hagley's new infographic shows the world's population as 100 people.
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Hans Rosling debunks myths of child birth and the "developing world"
The brilliant Hans Rosling has a data visualization video that helps debunk the myths of the birth and child mortality rates of the so-called developed and developing countries.
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David Attenborough Calls Humans a "Plague Upon the Earth"
And there are plenty of humans who would agree.
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Wired Magazine Tells Us "Don't Worry, Be Happy" About Climate, Population, Resources, Pandemics
Matt Ridley might be right about the world not ending on December 21 this year. But the rest of the article is delusional.
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Population Growth Takes Just Five Hours to Fill Wrigley Field
How to slow it? Access to voluntary family planning for all women. It more than pays for itself, reducing unwanted pregnancies, abortions, unplanned births... And helps reduce humanity's environmental impact.
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Reproductive Rights Scrubbed From Rio+20 Text - Why That's Bad News for the Planet
Opposition from the G77 Nations and the Vatican led to the removal of the words 'reproductive rights' from the Rio+20 text, leaving in 'acceptable modern methods of family planning'.
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The UN's Rio+20 Conference Matters
Here's why the United Nations' Rio+20 Conference matters to everyone.
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Redefining Security for the 21st Century
The 21st century needs a redefinition of security, to something broader than military terms, a relic of the Cold War.
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Expect 2°C Temperature Rise by Mid-Century, Club of Rome Report Says
On a more positive note, the report also notes that population growth with stabilize sooner than expected, at about 8 billion people by 2042.
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Farms Use 60 Times More Land Than Cities: It's Time to Develop Terraculture
Agriculture has become the single largest driver of climate change. It's time to start farming for the whole planet.
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Getting the Market to Tell the Truth
If the world is to move onto a sustainable path we need the market to tell the truth, through full cost pricing.
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Growth in World Contraceptive Use Stalling; 215 Million Women’s Needs Still Unmet
Satisfying the world’s unmet need for contraception would dramatically reduce population growth, easing pressure on natural resources.
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Could College Sex Become a Force for Good?
Conscious Contraceptives' campus challenge donates to HIV/AIDS work every time a student makes a purchase.
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Global Economy Expanded More Slowly Than Expected in 2011
Without a more comprehensive vision of economic health and better ways to measure it, we are flying blind on a path to economic decline and collapse.
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Why Birth Control is as Important as a Climate Treaty or Food Aid
Excessive population growth presents an immediate environmental danger greater than climate change.
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Peak People? Are We Actually Running Out of Our Most Valuable Resource?
Everyone is worried about population growth, but in fact it may well be going the other way.
