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As the world’s population reaches a new level Tuesday, November 15, can the planet support and meet the needs of ever-increasing human demography? This is the subject of Talk franceinfo. Every evening from 6 p.m., Manon Mella and her guests debate with Internet users on the franceinfo Twitch channel.
The world population is expected to reach 8 billion human beings on Tuesday November 15, 2022, according to UN projections, 11 years after passing the 7 billion human mark in 2011. If Antonio Guterres sees in this overrun “an opportunity to celebrate our diversity”, he also underlines “a reminder of our shared responsibility to take care of our planet. »
Gilles Pison, demographer and professor emeritus at the National Museum of Natural History as well as Matthieu Brun, specialist in world food and agriculture at the Foundation for Agriculture and Rurality in the World (FARM) are in the Talk franceinfo to discuss it. Manon Mella also receives Denis Garnier, president of the association Démographie Responsable.
Enabled in large part by the increase in life expectancy linked to progress in public health, the world’s population has increased considerably since the middle of the twentieth century. However, this population growth poses ecological, economic and political challenges, especially in the poorest countries.
The greatest population increases are observable in Asia and Africa, particularly in Congo, Egypt and the Philippines and especially in India, which should, by 2023, become the most populous country in the world.
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