Soaring Past 7 Billion: Population Challenges for A Crowded World

With the Earth’s population growing by one billion people every dozen years, there is a connection between human population growth and several global challenges. These range from poverty to climate change and from species extinction to the political instability of failed nation-states. Solutions to global population stabilization include access to affordable voluntary family planning together with the full empowerment of women, says John Seager, president of Population Connection.

In his presentation, Seager will give a brief overview of the causes of rapid population growth, its impacts, and how to meet this challenge through voluntary approaches. Seager is the president and chief executive officer of Population Connection, the national grassroots population organization that educates young people and advocates progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by Earth’s resources.

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