JULY 31, 2022
key findings of the twenty-seventh publication of the ‘World Population Prospects’.think.com/
Growth rate continues to fall. Since 2019, the global population growth rate has fallen below 1%.
Population and Demography Data Explorer, where you can explore this full dataset in detail, for any country in the world.
The world population will pass 8 billion at the end of 2022
Since 1975 the world has been adding another billion people every 12 years.
It passed its last milestone – 7 billion in 2011. And, by the end of 2022, it will pass another one: there will be 8 billion people in the world.
(That's still way too much-
but at least there's hope)
MALE FERTILITY ‘PRECARIOUSLY CLOSE’ TO CLIMATE CHANGE EXTINCTION LIMITS
The loss of fertility in males as a result of climate change, particularly in the tropics, may be a better predictor of vulnerability to extinction
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/
“Swan solves one of the great mysteries of the moment: why sperm counts and fertility rates are dropping. She zeroes in on chemicals as a chief culprit....
analyses of Census Bureau estimates make plain that the nation’s population growth has ground down to a historic low: only 0.1% growth between July 2020 and July 2021. During this prime year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of deaths rose sharply, births declined, and immigration reached its lowest levels in decades. At the same time, population movement within the U.S. led to sharp declines in many of its largest metro areas—particularly in these areas’ biggest cities.
www.brookings.edu/…
One in Five Adults Don’t Want Children, and They’re Deciding Early in Life
Summary: Researchers say over 20% of adults do not want children and intend to remain child-free. Most adults say they decided in their teens or early twenties to remain childless. neurosciencenews
Human fertility decline:
the total fertility rate worldwide has dropped by nearly 1 percent per year from 1960 to 2018.
While this rate of absolute growth is similar to previous decades, the growth rate continues to fall. Since 2019, the global population growth rate has fallen below 1%.
That’s less than half its peak rate of growth – of 2.3% – in the 1960s.
As global fertility rates continue to fall (see below), this rate will continue to fall.
UN expects fertility rates to fall more quickly in low-income countries compared to previous revisions. It also expects less of a ‘rebound’ in fertility rates across high-income countries in the second half of the century.
think.com
Demographics and population Global population growth hits lowest rate since 1950
Visualizing Population Decline by Country
Since the mid-1900s, the global population has followed a steep upwards trajectory.
While much of this growth has been concentrated in China and India, researchers expect the next wave of growth to occur in Africa. As of 2019, for example, the average woman in Niger is having over six children in her lifetime.
At the opposite end of this spectrum are a number of countries that appear to be shrinking from a population perspective. To shed some light on this somewhat surprising trend, we’ve visualized the top 20 countries by population decline.www.visualcapitalist
UN reports overall decline in pandemic-hit Europe and slowdown elsewhere
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EU population shrinks for second year in a row in 2021, partly due to the pandemic
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China’s population will start shrinking sooner than expectedfortune.com/…
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Climate change through human population control
guardian.ng/
Links:
Demographic dilemma: Slowing population growth, not pandemic, at the root of US worker shortage
phys.org/…
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Population: Childbirth "It's a woman's choice: falling fertility rates are not the business of government"
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Climate Brief: "IT'S TIME TO END HARMFUL POPULATION DENIAL".
Nature.org:
"The average carbon footprint for a person in the United States is 16 tons, one of the highest rates in the world. Globally, the average carbon footprint is closer to 4 tons."
About 20% of greenhouse gases
in the US come from homes amp.cnn.com/…
HELP SAVE THE PLANET AND OURSELVES:
Turn out the lights when
not in use/use less
- Turn down the heat or AC
- vent out at night if cooler
- Avoid creating nighttime light pollution
- Don’t waste water
- Avoid burning wood (or other things), as wood fires are both pollutant and carcinogenic
- Don't use pesticides
- Limit your use of cars and planes (if possible)
- Don't use gas powered vehicles
- Take out grass and put in a garden or pond (or xeriscape )
- Mow, blow, and whack with electric or by hand
- Plant for the animals (bees, birds etc)
- Plant trees
- Don't micro manage yards, go wilder
- Try to use solar
- Take a bus, trolley or train
- Encourage your city/town to use electric buses
- Use energy efficient products or products that work on clean fuels
- Reduce dependence on non-biodegradable items
- Walk, bike or carpool
- Reuse items- give to Goodwill or Craig's list rather than dumping
- Cut down or cease eating meat
- Use reusable carry bags for grocerie; second choice, paper bags; not plastic
- Compost
- Save the bees
- Be informed
- Write your representative, sign petitions
- Elect pro-environment candidates and demand action
- Support the Green New Deal
- Get involved
- March
- Blog about the environment
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Control population
(Vital Signs of the Planet: Global Climate Change and Global Warming. Current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from NASA
Climate News:
Arctic Warming Is Happening Faster Than Described, Analysis Shows
The warming at the top of the globe, a sign of climate change, is happening much faster than previously described compared with the global average, scientists said Thursday.www.nytimes.com/
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Europe’s rivers run dry as scientists warn drought could be worst in 500 years
Crops, power plants, barge traffic, industry and fish populations devastated by parched waterways
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More wildfires across UK feared as temperatures forecast to reach 35C
Amber heat warning in place in parts of England and Wales, and very hot weather expected over rest of weekend
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Simultaneous climate events risk damaging entire socioeconomic systems
phys.org/...