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New Approaches to Projecting Population Yield Divergent Forecasts and Valuable Insights
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As the UN General Assembly begins charting a course toward sustainable growth, population projections will likely undergird many of their most important assumptions about the future. As two new papers released last week demonstrate, however, there are differing opinions about how much the world’s population will grow and when it will stabilize. -
Andrew Revkin, Dot Earth
On the Path Past 9 Billion, Little Crosstalk Between UN Sessions on Population and Global Warming
›September 22, 2014 // By Wilson Center Staff
The United Nations and the streets of Manhattan are going into global warming saturation mode, from Sunday’s People’s Climate March through the Tuesday climate change summit convened by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and on through an annual green-energy event called Climate Week.
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Global Youth Wellbeing Index Launched
›An estimated 1.8 billion people today are between the ages of 10 and 24 and 85 percent of them live in developing economies and/or fragile states. Such youthful age structures can lead to a number of challenges, including increased potential for instability, and countries with large numbers of young people must find ways to address their unique needs.
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Underage: Addressing Reproductive Health and HIV Needs in Married Adolescent Girls
›In July, thousands of people attended the 20th International AIDS Conference and the 2014 Girls Summit to work towards an AIDS-free generation and ending child and forced marriage. But such attention is rare; by and large, these girls are invisible to development efforts. [Video Below]
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The Missing Link in Understanding Global Trends? Demography
›Since the end of World War II, a number of the world’s most dramatic political events have resulted from demographic shifts and governments’ reaction to them. Despite this, political demography remains a neglected topic of scholarly investigation.
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Securing Rights or Results? A False Choice in Integrating Youth Into Sustainable Development
›“The greatest challenge we have today is that we have a world that is pushing back on rights,” said Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), at the Wilson Center. [Video Below]
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Suzanne Ehlers: Global Development Agenda Needs Re-Framing to Focus on Rights of Young People
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Successfully incorporating the rights of young people and women into whatever development agenda succeeds the Millennium Development Goals next year hinges not only on the scope of new goals, but how those goals are worded, says Suzanne Ehlers in this week’s podcast.
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Lisa Palmer, Future Food 2050
The Politics of Food Technology Innovation for Africa
›July 22, 2014 // By Wilson Center StaffAs a boy growing up on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya, Harvard international development professor Calestous Juma noticed a thing or two about innovations designed to bring more food into his community. He noticed, for instance, that the fishermen were always tinkering with new ways to trap fish while his father, a carpenter, would build the traps. He also noticed that his grandmother, a peanut grower, and other farmers who grew traditional crops such as sweet potatoes, struggled with ways to increase production beyond simply planting the best quality seeds and tubers.
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