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10 challenges created by a population boom
2015-07-10 22:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature: World Population Day falls on July 11, and its aim is to headline the challenges and advantages faced by a booming population. These include some big heavies aging, health, urbanization, mass migration, gender equality and education. This year's theme, "Vulnerable populations in emergencies," focuses on those most defenseless in a time of crisis, namely women, girls and youth. Think back to the earthquake that shook Nepal to its core a few months ago, or to the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. People...
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How to engage population with climate change? Frame it as public health issue
2015-07-09 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Recent research in Environmental Communication examines the powerful influence of mass media portrayal of climate change and subsequent public identification with the issue. Climate change is often reported as an environmental issue, this depiction arguably lacks personal relevance to individuals. Weathers and Kendall study US reportage of climate change in a public health frame; a more powerful presentation for motivating public engagement and action against climate change? The majority of the...
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WFO Delegation Adopts Farmers Declaration to Feed Growing World Population Sustainably While Managing Environmental Footprint; Three Farmers Union Officials Join in Passing Declaration
2015-06-26 18:34:59| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 26, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org MILAN (June 26, 2015) The World Farmers Organisation (WFO) General Assembly adopted a pronouncement of the worlds farmers on the need to produce a food supply sufficient for the 9.2 billion people who will inhabit our planet in 2050 in a sustainable and
70 Percent of Population Will Have Smartphones by 2020
2015-06-03 22:02:22| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Ericsson's newest report also estimated that mobile video traffic will grow 55 percent per year until 2020.
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The Population Bomb, Then and Now
2015-06-01 16:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: I hope youll spare a few minutes to watch the latest Retro Report video an examination of the woe is me scare put into us in a big way in 1968 by the specter of an exploding population bomb. The film centers on Paul R. Ehrlich, who went from studying butterfly populations to becoming a bestselling author and frequent Johnny Carson guest. Clyde Haberman has written a companion article for The Times that describes the main points in the video report. Heres an excerpt: After the passage...
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