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Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Español Français Deutsch Italiano Dansk Nederlands Polski HS2 population growth to blame January 30th 2013 The 33bn high speed rail plan is proving controversial because of its vast cost in an age of austerity and the impact on the . countryside Some of the reasons given in its favour are difficult to measure . How much working leisure time will really be saved by faster journeys , when we can work and play on laptops and mobile devices , make phone calls , or even catch up our reading , on the train Will it really spread rebalance the economy from south to north , when the internet and skype mean that , for most , face to face meetings are ever less necessary The more quantifiable benefits limited existing
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Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Español Français Deutsch Italiano Dansk Nederlands Polski The train’s a pain January 30th 2013 Tags : Population info and analysis The 33bn high speed rail plan linking London and the north of England is proving controversial because of the vast cost and the impact on the . countryside Some of the reasons given for it are arguable . How much working leisure time will be saved , when we can work play on lap tops , mobile devices , phones or even paper on the train Will it really spread rebalance the economy bringing proosperity to the north , when the internet and skype means meetings are ever less necessary The more quantifiable benefits rail capacity constraints and construction jobs are driven by England’s
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What would I advise climate science communicators? See: http://www.culturalcognition.net/blog/2013/1/29/what-would-i-advise-climate-science-communicators.html This is what I was asked by a thoughtful person who is assisting climate-science communicators to develop strategies for helping the public to recognize the best available evidence–so that those citizens can themselves make meaningful decisions about what policy responses best fit their values. I thought [...]
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Why We Are Poles Apart on Climate Change See: http://www.nature.com/news/why-we-are-poles-apart-on-climate-change-1.11166 Understandably anxious to explain persistent controversy over climate change, the media have discovered a new culprit: the public. By piecing together bits of psychological research, many news reporters, opinion writers and bloggers have concluded that people are simply too irrational to recognize the implications of [...]
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Sustainable development after Rio+20 is ‘in limbo’ See: http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20130118125908384# The weak wording of the Rio+20 summit agreement and delays in setting up the UN working groups on sustainable development have left progress on some of the post-Rio+20 agenda in limbo, according to a science officer at the International Council for Science (ICSU), which represented the [...]
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Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Español Français Deutsch Italiano Dansk Nederlands Polski Farm pesticides pose threat to frog population January 29th 2013 A study conducted by The Institute of Environmental Sciences Landau at the University of Koblenz-Landau Germany has revealed that the use of the reccomended amount of pesticides caused a mortality rate of 20-100 percent in common . frogs In order to prove their hypothesis and test how the use of fungicides and insecticides harms the frog population , researchers conducted a test on 150 juvenile grass frogs rana temporaria During the experiment , the frogs were placed in large containers that were filled with soil where barley was grown . The frogs were exposed to seven different agriculture
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Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Español Français Deutsch Italiano Dansk Nederlands Polski Africa to improve reproductive health January 29th 2013 Meeting at the African Union Summit , Heads of State and Government made new commitments to speed-up the reduction of maternal death and disability in the continent . Today’s commitments followed a high-level event they attended a day earlier , on reinforcing the Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa CARMMA The event was organized by the African Union Commission , with the help of UNFPA , the United Nations Population . Fund According to their agreement , African leaders committed : to 1. Redoubling efforts to improve maternal , newborn and child health to speed-up
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: Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Español Français Deutsch Italiano Dansk Nederlands Polski India : Limit nutrition plan to first 2 kids January 28th 2013 Should maternity benefits and nutritional support to children under government schemes be restricted to only the first two children in order to encourage stabilization of population” Raising a storm among activists , the Parliamentary standing committee has recommended so while assessing the National Food Security . Bill The recommendation has been objected to by the National Commission for Protection of Child . Rights In its report , the standing committee said : The Committee recommend that the maternity benefit of Rs.1000 shall be admissible up to the birth of second child only in order
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Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Español Français Deutsch Italiano Dansk Nederlands Polski Is resource efficiency enough January 28th 2013 Tags : Climate change Energy Resources Alarmed scientists are looking at ways of using resources more efficiently , given limited energy supplies and the need to reduce carbon emissions We support them we need to do everything we can , while we work for population reduction , the only long term . solution Population Matters BBC report Print PDF Related : posts Europe’s largest annual environment conference explores spectrum of resource efficiency Rising resource use threatens future growth , warns UN Addressing population is central to a sustainable future 200 million on the dole Do more mouths mean we all
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Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Español Français Deutsch Italiano Dansk Nederlands Polski Climate change threatens pensions January 28th 2013 Tags : Environment Resources Speaks for itself , really . What happens when things resources run . out From the New Scientist SAVE the planet , save your pension . A new report claims that environmental problems could bust pension funds by 2050. Aled Jones of Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge , UK , and his colleagues drew together evidence about a wide range of environmental problems , from water shortages to atmospheric pollution to climate change They plugged these into models used to predict the values of pension . funds Jones ran several scenarios , varying how quickly governments and industry
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Alert raised over latest Alberta population boom See: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Alert+raised+over+latest+Alberta+population+boom/7875042/story.html People are once again moving to Alberta in droves, but the rapid growth has spawned fears the province could face the same infrastructure, labour and housing pains felt during the last economic boom. People are once again moving to Alberta in droves, but the rapid growth [...]
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The following interview, printed January 14th on the website of the United Nations. Answering questions is John R. Wilmoth, who became Director of the U.N.’s Department of Economic and Social Affair’s Population Division on January 2nd, 2013. New Director of UN’s DESA highlights importance of population dynamics See: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/news/population/population-division-director.html “It is exciting to do this [...]
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Hillary Clinton tries to silence Bindi Irwin on population growth See: http://www.news.com.au/world/hillary-clinton-tries-to-silence-brave-bindi/story-fndir2ev-1226560803039 The 14-year-old has stood her ground after an essay she was invited to write for US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s e-journal was drastically edited before it was to be published. PASSIONATE wildlife campaigner Bindi Irwin has gotten into a biff with one [...]
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Attacks prompt Nepal to cap wildlife growth “”The numbers of rhinos and tigers are increasing in the national park and they are moving out in search of food and space. Meanwhile, the increasing human population needs more of the natural resources available, and that competition creates conflict.” See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21069750# Officials in Nepal have said they [...]
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On June 14th, 2012 the Global Network of Science Academies (IAP) — comprised of 105 national science academies – issued a statement on population and consumption which noted that national and international policy should “encourage development strategies that help to reduce population growth.” As they say, Singapore “didn’t get the memo“. Singapore Announces S$2 Billion [...]
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Filmmaker Sir David Attenborough Calls Humans a Plague See: http://www.livescience.com/26473-david-attenborough-humanity-plague.html Sir David Attenborough, the famed British naturalist and television presenter, has some harsh words for humanity. “We are a plague on the Earth,” Attenborough told the Radio Times, as reported by the Telegraph. “It’s coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so.” [...]
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Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Español Français Deutsch Italiano Dansk Nederlands Polski Lower birth rates needed to end hunger January 24th 2013 Population Matters today rejected that claim from new campaign group Enough food IF that changes to global governance and aid flows were sufficient to end hunger for . ever” Commented Simon Ross , Chief Executive of Population Matters , Affordability is an issue and the proposed measures are welcome . However , the global food system is under pressure from overexploitation and development , with declining fish stocks and habitats , and pressure on key agricultural inputs such as water sources , fertile land , oil and fertilizer reserves . Climate change is increasingly affecting rainfall ,
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Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Español Français Deutsch Italiano Dansk Nederlands Polski Is humanity a plague January 24th 2013 Sir David Attenborough , patron of Population Matters , has talked in an interview with the Radio Times of humanity being a plague on the Earth . What did he mean Surely he does not mean that we are a disease More probably , he was thinking of a plague of locusts , which consumes all that it sees , and then dies . off That analogy is apt . Human numbers have doubled in the last fifty years to seven billion . Natural habitats , wildlife and fish stocks are falling around the world , due to development , overexploitation and climate change Resources , too , are being steadily depleted , whether that be water sources ,
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Soul Beat Africa January 23, 2013 In February 2012, Population Media Centre (PMC), with funding from the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA), started production on a 208-episode radio drama in Sierra Leone to promote family planning. The programme, called Saliwansai, addresses such issues as preventing and repairing obstetric fistula, ending female genital mutilation, stopping gender-based [...]
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Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Español Français Deutsch Italiano Dansk Nederlands Polski Europeans Unite to Promote Population Stability January 22nd 2013 The European Population Alliance launches its website www.europeanpopulationalliance.org The Alliance brings together twelve civil society organisations from nine European countries to raise awareness of the damaging impacts of population growth both in Europe and worldwide . All have subscribed to a Joint Position Statement which is set out on the website and have already jointly lobbied the UN and European Commission on the climate change negotiations , the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development , and the post-2015 Sustainable Development . Goals Speaking for the Alliance , Roger
