Abstract

SJC //JCR Ethical Affairs, and CUSU Green Week 2010 are proud to host:

Prof Guillebaud from the Optimum Population Trust

This is set to be an eye-opening, possibly controversial, talk, on the required change in an aspect of life that does not always come to mind when thinking of the environment.

Some information from the OPT :

The world’s population is expected to grow by another 2.3 billion, from 6.8 billion in 2010 to 9.15 billion in 2050.

Human consumption of renewable resources is already overshooting Earth’s capacity to provide. Resources are becoming scarcer and the number of hungry people increasing year by year.

Reversing population growth is one of the measures needed to ensure environmental survival. It can be done by voluntary and peaceful means, given a political and individual will to act without delay.

Politically, governments can give urgent attention and increased resources to providing access to contraception and education to the estimated 200 million women worldwide who need and want it.

Individually, couples can decide to have smaller families, for example to Stop at Two children to make a difference to population growth.