March 3, 2023 | Post
Today, March 3, is World Wildlife Day, a United Nations observance day launched in 2013 to raise awareness of wild species and their conservation status. With global biodiversity loss still accelerating, there is sadly a need to amplify the call to action every year. Our huge and growing numbers, combined…...
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June 10, 2024 | Article
In the search for a feature article detailing the population challenges Tanzania faces, I found none better than the one that follows from The Guardian, written to mark the 8 billion milestone on November 15, 2022. The author, Kenyan journalist Caroline Kimeu, is the Guardian’s East Africa Global Development Correspondent,…...
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March 15, 2021 | Article
U.S. Rejoins Paris Climate Agreement Only hours after being sworn in as the country’s 46th president, Joe Biden signed an executive order rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, from which Donald Trump had previously withdrawn. The agreement, signed by nearly 200 countries in December 2015, encourages countries to voluntarily commit to…...
Read MoreJune 12, 2023 | Article
India officially world’s largest population According to the latest UN projections, India has officially overtaken China (which has peaked and begun shrinking) as the world’s largest population. At the end of June, India is expected to have 1.4286 billion people, compared to China’s 1.4257 billion. Of course, demographic estimates are…...
Read MoreDecember 12, 2022 | Article
Humans have been around for less than seven seconds, if we compare our planet’s existence to a 24-hour day—Homo sapiens evolved less than 350,000 years ago, and the earth is about 4.5 billion years old. Even though we just came on the scene, we act like undisputed rulers of the…...
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June 17, 2019 | Post
Universal access to the full spectrum of reproductive care is both a human right and a sustainability imperative. Research shows that slowing global population growth has substantial implications for mitigating climate change, by reducing future carbon emissions by 16-29%. In fact, the impacts of slower population growth are so expansive…...
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September 11, 2023 | Article
We recently got new data showing that China’s population shrunk last year. It is now projected to see its population continue to decline through the rest of this century. This is being portrayed as a disaster for China. A similar “disaster” has already hit Japan, South Korea, Italy, and many…...
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March 2, 2020 | Article
While global population growth continues to soar unsustainably, a handful of nations are experiencing declines. Often, this is pounced on as evidence that population growth is a thing of the past. That’s just not true in a world that adds more than 80 million people annually. We want to see…...
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July 8, 2021 | Post
In a country where the majority of health care coverage is tied to people's employment, job losses due to Covid-19—which have predominantly impacted women and their families—have disrupted access to reproductive health care. According to the Center for American Progress, during the first ten months of the pandemic-induced recession, women—overwhelmingly…...
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July 28, 2021 | Post
Forests cover around 30% of our planet—and if you’re reading this post, you yourself might live close enough to wooded areas to take them for granted. However, as with many of our natural resources, the future of our forests is in peril. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of…...
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