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Crowded planet

On Monday 31 October 2011 the UN says the world population will hit 7 billion people

15 December 2011

  • COP17 in Durban : UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner and Chris Huhne

    UN chief: 'with 7 billion people we've run out of new forests and rivers'

    SciDev.net: Achim Steiner says population growth makes sustainability essential, as he prepares for green economy talks at Rio+20

2 November 2011

  • Baby Cin, one of the world's seven billionth babies in Louisville, USA

    Who was the 'true' 7 billionth child?

    At current rates of population growth, there could be half a million claimants to the title

31 October 2011

  • population 7 billion

    The world is home to 7 billion people, but how far have we come?

  • Population in Africa : Contraception in Zanzibar

    Zanzibar's Islamic scholars tackle sex, contraception, and HIV and Aids

  • Baby Cin, one of the world's seven billionth babies in Louisville, USA

    A letter to baby 7 billion: 'Dear kid, welcome to our mess'

  • Food and overpopulation : Crowded Oshodi Market in Nigeria

    How we covered the world at 5 billion: 'We shall need to do an enormous lot of things right, and all at once'

  • The six natural resources most drained by our 7 billion people

  • Stemming population growth is a cheap way to limit climate change

    Thomas Lovejoy

  • World's 'seven billionth baby' is born

30 October 2011

  • India is due to overtake China in 2030 as the world's most populous country.

    Population is not the problem

    Juliette Jowit

    Juliette Jowit: Population policies have little impact on the way a minority of humans use the Earth's resources

27 October 2011

  • A worker repairs a grain lifter atop a soy bean mountain in a silo storage in Salto, Argentina

    Population is just a sidekick to the real big baddie – consumption

    George Monbiot: Beyond the headlines from the UN population report lies a clear message: consumption is still a far bigger threat to the planet

26 October 2011

  • Shoeshine boys wait for customers in New Delhi, India

    UN: World will miss economic benefit of 1.8 billion young people

    Population report says lack of education, infrastructure and jobs will mean a generation's potential will be wasted

  • A newborn baby in Jiaxing, China

    What would you say to the world's 7 billionth person?

    Adam Vaughan: What would your letter hope for? What advice would you give?

  • The population crash will kill our economy – good news for the planet

    Fred Pearce
    Fred Pearce: Despite passing the seven billion person mark, the global population birthrate is slowing. That may be bad for our economies – but it will be great for the environment

25 October 2011

  • Ageing population in Japan : Elderly women choose vegetables at Kouganji Temple in Tokyo

    Discounts and time off work: how Japan is battling a birthrate in decline

  • The board at the Jinhe Xiaotun village family planning centre, Henan, province, China

    China's family planning policy enforced with heavy-handed tactics

24 October 2011

  • India

    India is the most likely place for the seventh billionth child to be born

  • Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund ( UNFPA ) Babatunde Osotimehin

    Focus on HIV-Aids cost family planning a decade, says UN population chief

  • Adnes Zulu with her three week old grandson, Mukuka Chanda, Lusaka, Zambia

    Population growth in Zambia: a view from the slums

  • World population : Thousands of passengers carrying their belongings walking out a railway station

    Why population hysteria is more damaging than it seems

    Vanessa Baird
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