Behind the Numbers: The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment
The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment
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Twin Challenges: Population and Climate Change in 2050Thursday, November 10th, 2011 Posted in Environment by Kate Diamond This post was originally published by The New Security Beat, by the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) at the Woodrow Wilson Center. With global population reaching 7 billion, ... Read more..The Long Road to 7 Billion is Paved With…Potatoes?Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics by Eric Zuehlke, web communications manager As a history buff, I was fascinated by a recent article on Smithsonian.com, “How the Potato Changed the World.” Largely based on Charles C. Mann’s ... Read more..7 Billion Today, But Where Will We Be in 2050?Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics by Eric Zuehlke, web communications manager The world's population will hit 7 billion people this month, according to the UN. Much of the coverage on this development seems to center either ... Read more..Two Reflections on PRB’s Policy Communications Fellows WorkshopTuesday, August 30th, 2011 Posted in PRB News, Population Basics by Rebha Sabharwal, Arizona State University Earlier this year, the UN predicted that our planet will be home to around 10 billion people by the end of this century. Scary ... Read more..Population Footprints: Rights and ResponsibilitiesWednesday, June 1st, 2011 Posted in Environment by Karen Hardee, visiting senior fellow On May 25th-26th, Population Footprints, the 2011 UCL-Leverhulme Trust Symposium on Human Population Growth and Global Carrying Capacity, convened in London, with participants from 31 ... Read more..Two More Things from the PastWednesday, May 11th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics by Carl Haub, senior visiting scholar In a previous post, I showed a Time Magazine cover from January 1960 that featured the global population explosion with a line “That Population Explosion,” implying ... Read more..Eye on Environmental Security: Mapping Muslim Population GrowthFriday, February 4th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics This post was originally published by The New Security Beat, by the Environmental Change and Security Program(ECSP) at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Recent unrest in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and elsewhere across the ... Read more..Thinking Beyond the BeltwayMonday, December 13th, 2010 Posted in Education, Reproductive Health by Jay Gribble, vice president, International Programs On December 6, I attended a panel discussion at the Woodrow Wilson International Center that examined new insights into the population growth and development ... Read more..In Defense of Paul EhrlichWednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Population Basics by Carl Haub, Senior Demographer What! Someone is defending Paul Ehrlich? Paul Ehrlich, the famous author of the 1968 Population Bomb, has often taken it on the chin for his infamous ... Read more.. |
