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Richard Byrne

Richard Byrne has edited at a wide range of publications, including Washington City Paper and The Chronicle of Higher Education, and he served as the editor of The Wilson Quarterly from 2019-2021. His writing has appeared in publications including The Washington Post, Time, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, The Nation, The American Prospect and BookForum. Byrne was the recipient of a Pew Fellowship in International Reporting in 1999 and was a German Marshall Fund Journalism Fellow in 2002.

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    From the Wilson Center  //  November 15, 2022  //  By Harriet Alice Taberner & Richard Byrne
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    As the world’s attention has turned in November 2022 to the UN COP 27 climate change conference, another important global milestone is also drawing attention. Today, November 15, 2022, the global population is predicted to reach 8 billion. By 2050, it will be 9.7 billion.

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