The work overturns 20 years of consensus that global population, - TopicsExpress



          

The work overturns 20 years of consensus that global population, and the stresses it brings, will peak by 2050 at about 9bn people. “The previous projections said this problem was going to go away so it took the focus off the population issue,” said Prof Adrian Raftery, at the University of Washington, who led the international research team. “There is now a strong argument that population should return to the top of the international agenda. Population is the driver of just about everything else and rapid population growth can exacerbate all kinds of challenges. theguardian/environment/2014/sep/18/world-population-new-study-11bn-2100
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 15:28:49 +0000

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