8 billion: an overpopulation crisis?
Last month, we were told, the 8 billionth person was added to Earth's human population. But...
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Podcasts de Population
This week, the good news on vaccines for Covid-19, the helicopter taking to the sky on Mars, and...
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Beyond 8 billion: why the world’s population matters
The world now contains 8bn people, according to the UN. Hannah Ellis-Peterson reports from India,...
China's One Child Policy w/ Mei Fong, Pulitzer-winning Reporter for Wall Street Journal
On today’s episode, I talk about China's One Child Policy with Mei Fong, a Pulitzer...
We need to talk about … Population and climate change
In this monthly podcast, Guardian supporters ask the questions and a Guardian panel try to...
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We need to talk about … Population and climate change
In this monthly podcast, Guardian supporters ask the questions and a Guardian panel try to...
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How do you build a smart city?
How do you build a smart city and improve the quality of live for millions? But most importantly,...
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Falling fertility: lessons learned from Botswana - Science Weekly podcast
Fifty years ago, the average woman in Botswana had seven children. Now she will have fewer than...
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We know the global population is rapidly ageing. We know longevity scientists are busy...
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Demographic inflection point? The Big Middle's core theme explored anew
Still croaky from apparently not COVID but a beast of a cold/flu combo I picked up in France;...
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We in The Big Middle years could easily drown in the ocean of information and advice sloshing...
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Population | Justice Worriers Episode 33
Inspired by recent news stories about refugees, abortion and climate crisis, Andy, Leah and Jörg...
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How should we prepare for an ageing global population?
On 15 November the world’s population reached 8 billion, according to the UN. Much of that growth...
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2: Population and Climate Change
According to a 2017 paper ‘Having one less child’ is the single most effective climate action you...
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Will China get old before it gets rich?
In 2022, China's population fell by an estimated 850,000 people, triggering dramatic...
How has life expectancy changed after the pandemic?
Demographers (researchers who study the statistics of human populations) look at factors such as...
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What dangers lurk in the year of the dragon?
China's population is shrinking. The National Bureau of Statistics reports that it has...
Global development podcast: population growth
Soon the world's population will reach 7 billion. But do more people necessarily mean more...
Egypt recently announced plans to build a new capital in the desert, but will Egyptians move...
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India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country within about a decade despite...
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