Behind the Numbers: The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment

Archive for August, 2009

World Water Week and the Challenges of the Future

Friday, August 21st, 2009 Posted in Environment | No Comments »

by Jason Bremner, program director, Population, Health, and Environment This week is World Water Week, and an international conference in Stockholm, Sweden is focusing on the converging challenges that characterize the ... Read more..

World Population Data Sheet 2009 - 7 Billion People by 2011

Thursday, August 13th, 2009 Posted in PRB News, Population Basics, Youth | 2 Comments »

by Eric Zuehlke, editor On August 12, PRB launched the annual World Population Data Sheet and accompanying Population Bulletin in Washington, DC, highlighting country, regional, and global population, health, and environment data and ... Read more..

Fertility Rise for Richest and Climate Change Revisited

Friday, August 7th, 2009 Posted in Environment, Population Basics | 3 Comments »

by Jason Bremner, program director, Population, Health, and Environment  Andy Revkin’s post this week on The New York Times’ DotEarth blog highlights a recent paper published in Nature that indicates that countries ... Read more..