Floods predicted to uproot 50 million people a year as climate heats up

Population growth, more intense rainfall and melting ice are likely to cause more frequent and severe floods, researchers warned on Tuesday.

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Half of Zimbabwe's population, about 7.7 million people, are facing severe hunger

The World Food Programme has confirmed that Zimbabwe is facing its worst hunger crisis in a decade with half of the population – 7.7 million people – food insecure.

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State of the Puget Sound: New report indicates additional marine stress

Climate change impacts and continued population growth stand to increase pressures on an ecosystem already in peril.

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A tiger went on an 800-mile odyssey in search of a mate

The five-month-long odyssey saw the tiger criss-cross through forests and populated urban areas before eventually settling in a nature reserve.

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David Suzuki: Holding a mirror to the real overabundant species

When nature is out of whack, it is most often because of the actions of our own very abundant species.

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The Half-Earth movement wants to protect 50% of the planet

The “Half Earth” movement wants to set aside 50% of the world for nature conservation. The only problem is the people who already live there.

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Musimbi Kanyoro, Beth Roberts: To arrest the climate crisis, we need a democratic overhaul

We cannot address climate change and feed a growing global population without sustainable practices in forestry and soil management.

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One of the most overlooked consequences of climate change? Our mental health

Hardly a day goes by where we aren't reminded that the Earth's climate is changing and that we are responsible for much if not most of that change.

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This world map rates countries by the sustainability of their food systems

All the factors involved in feeding our growing population—from agriculture to fair trade to food waste to the labor force—can have an impact on how sustainable our food system is.

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Opinion: Why climate change is an irrelevance, economic growth is a myth and sustainability is forty years too late

Have climate-change activists got it wrong? Our population epidemic is what Kevin Casey thinks the real problem is.

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Eco-fascists and the ugly fight for 'our way of life' as the environment disintegrates

While eco-fascists violently oppose contemporary environmentalists, they often appropriate ideas such as populationism from the past of the environmental movement.

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Birth and abortion rates are decreasing in the U.S.

The birthrate reached its lowest point in more than three decades, with 3,791,712 births registered in 2018.

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Prince William warns of urgency on climate change, population growth

"Climate change, human population growth, exploitation of natural resources, and habitat loss all pose major threats to the precious balance of our natural world," he said.

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Asia's food crisis: A $800 billion investment needed in next 10 years

Asia is "unable to feed itself" — and needs to invest another $800 billion in the next 10 years to produce more food and meet the region's needs, according to a report.

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Human composting center Recompose wants to make death sustainable

In life, we strive to reduce and reuse. The human composting center Recompose aims to offer a more sustainable death.

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India’s ominous future: Too little water, or far too much

Decades of short-sighted government policies are leaving millions of Indians defenseless in the age of climate disruptions – especially its poor.

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Glass half full? Innovative technologies could increase global water security

This article is part of ECSP’s Water Security for a Resilient World series, a partnership with USAID’s Sustainable Water Partnership and Winrock International to share stories about global water [...]

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Comment: Avert catastrophe now in Africa’s Sahel

Governments worldwide must invest in girls’ education, family planning, agriculture and security in this vulnerable region.

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A fossil fuel-powered future for Africa will come at a drastic human cost

Data from new research by Harvard University and the University of Leicester suggests a future powered by fossil fuels on the continent will result in nearly 50,000 deaths per year by 2030 from power plant and vehicle emissions alone.

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Fish in fashion: Scientists and designers create products to soothe stressed oceans

Plant-based offerings could spell big changes, both for consumers in rich countries and in parts of the developing world.

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I got a vasectomy because of climate change

Getting one was, by far, the most powerful personal action I could take for our planet.

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Anna Louie Sussman: The end of babies

Something is stopping us from creating the families we claim to desire. But what?

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A third of tropical African plants face extinction

Threats include deforestation, population growth and climate change, according to a new assessment.

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Indoor farming is one of the decade’s hottest trends, when it comes to climate change solutions

How to feed a hotter, more crowded planet is the question of the century. Indoor urban agriculture offers one answer -- but it's not a perfect one.

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Local water scarcity spilling over into global crisis, researchers warn

Population growth and climate change are putting increasingly intense pressure on the planet's limited water supplies, with worsening shortages emerging from the Middle East to Asia and Latin America, researchers and bankers said on Monday.

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Joel Savage: Can Ghana prevent the threat of overpopulation?

For our dear nation Ghana to be a successful country, with a sustainable economy, the government has more to do than the fight against corruption because overpopulation leads to exhaustion of natural resources, environmental degradation, and rising unemployment.

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The divide in Yakima is the divide in America

What the changing demographics of this country look like up close.

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Putting homes in high-risk areas is asking too much of firefighters

Land-use planning should give more weight to the increasing risks of natural hazards like bushfires as the first step in reducing the impacts.

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William Rees: Ecological economics for humanity’s plague phase

The human enterprise is in potentially disastrous 'overshoot', exploiting the ecosphere beyond ecosystems' regenerative capacity and filling natural waste sinks to overflowing.

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Alex Ezeh, Garumma Tolu Feyissa: What's driving Africa's population growth. And what can change it

High fertility is driven by a number of factors including desired family size, low levels of use of modern contraceptives, and high levels of adolescent childbearing.

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Overpopulation Podcast: Kids - To have or not to have?

Is motherhood an essential part of womanhood? The filmmaker shares her thoughts and observations on the subject with the World Population Balance team.

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Is concern about population growth exaggerated?

What’s happening to human numbers – and what should happen – is a hot topic again. Mohan Rao and Sara Parkin go head to head.

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A sinking metropolis

Jakarta is sinking, many neighborhoods are below sea level and battling floods, its groundwater sources are becoming harder to reach and more contaminated, and its rivers are fouled with garbage and raw sewage.