Global human population pushing Earth past breaking point
The Earth has already exceeded its ability to support the global population sustainably, with new research warning of increasing pressure on food security, climate stability, and […]
Improving women’s fertility choices
Declining fertility rates and ageing populations in Western nations have recently set off alarm bells, but continued global population growth will actually raise the pressure billions […]
Keeping babies alive will lower population growth
New research showing high infant mortality rates are contributing to an incessant rise of the global human population supports arguments for greater access to contraception and […]
Timor-Leste’s population bubble – dividend or danger?
A Flinders demographer says that Timor-Leste’s population ‘bubble’ needs strategic investment to turn it into a social and economic dividend.