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June 19th 2013
Global food consumption rises
Planet Earth is a giant food machine. It's done an impressive job cranking out sustenance for the masses, often aided by human ingenuity. Innovations like factory farming or pesticides have... -
June 11th 2013
Shocks and ores
HUMANITY harbours a lingering fear that Thomas Malthus might just have been right. The dour reverend first warned in 1798 that population growth would lead to soaring resource prices, leaving... -
June 3rd 2013
Popn. growth erodes sustainability gains
The world has made important progress towards improving energy efficiency, using more renewable sources of power and providing basic electricity to every household over the last two decades. But the gains... -
May 22nd 2013
China and India sign water pacts
As part of overall efforts to improve bilateral relations, India and China this week signed agreements on information-sharing on the trans-boundary Brahmaputra River, and on water-efficient irrigation and cooperation in... -
May 12th 2013
U.N. defines “water security”
Last summer, after walking for days to a refugee camp across the South Sudan border, some Sudanese refugees reportedly chose to dig holes to reach muddy water rather than face the fist-fights... -
May 8th 2013
Lessons from Kenya and Malawi
“The combined effects of rapid population growth and climate change are increasing food insecurity, environmental degradation, and poverty levels in Malawi and Kenya,” said Clive Mutunga, a senior research associate... -
April 3rd 2013 | Tags: Population info and analysis, Resources
Sir John Sulston to speak in Cornwall
People and the Planet - How Can We All Live and Flourish on a Finite Earth? 14 April 2013 - 2:30 pm Callington Town Hall The speaker for the Callington Town Forum... -
March 28th 2013
The cost of larger families (press release)
Population Matters calls for child benefit to be limited to the first two children to address Britain’s baby boom. Britain is facing a baby boom with 250,000 more school places now... -
March 28th 2013
Europe’s over-consumption is out of control
Europe is the continent with the highest net imports of resources. Our economy and lifestyles are dependent on an uninterrupted supply of all types of resources from beyond our borders.... -
March 27th 2013
Water scarcity for half the world by 2030
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that by 2030, nearly half the world's population could be facing a scarcity of water, with demand outstripping supply by 40 percent. One in three people...
