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In tonight's edition: As a jailed Egytian breaks his 7-month long hunger strike, Egypt's human rights record comes into the spotlight, as the COP27 climate summit continues. Senegal recently imposed a price cap on various goods from food to rent, as inflation continues to bite in the country. And the world has officially surpassed 8 billion inhabitants. As the global population grows, the majority of that growth is projected to come from 5 countries on the African continent.
Euronews speaks to United Nations Population Fund Executive Director, Natalia Kanem, and European Commission Vice-President for Democracy and Demography, Dubravka Šuica, to discuss the opportunities and challenges of 8 billion people on earth.
In less than half a century, the planet’s population has doubled. We know humanity’s carbon footprint’s unsustainable. How about its birth rate? The two are closely tied but the answer for many a nation’s not as straightforward as it seems.
The UN says we're reaching eight billion in record time due to progress in public health, nutrition and medicine which have helped increase life expectancy. At the same time, we have a record number of women in the workforce, at university, which is also having an impact on demographic growth as birthrates drop in developed nations. Arjan Djonca, a specialist in demography at the London School of Economics tells us more about demographic trends.
Today, November 15th, the world's population is projected to reach 8 billion people, according to the United Nations. It is (of course) a huge milestone for the human race but there are growing concerns about overpopulation - particularly as we face the climate emergency. Spain has long been known for its large families, but nowadays has one of the lowest fertility rates in Europe. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris in Madrid reports.
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