NP - Toryism (Austerity) Isn't Working.

[alice wellintown]

Our analysis suggests that, since 2005, half a billion people have
escaped poverty, bringing the global poverty count to below 900
million. This means  that the prime target of the Millennium
Development Goals — to halve the global poverty rate from its 1990
level by 2015 — was probably achieved some seven years ahead of
schedule. Never before have so many people been lifted out of poverty
in such a short period of time.

http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2011/10_poverty_global_decline_chandy.aspx


On 4/28/12, alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:
>  I meet so many that think population growth is a major problem in
> regard to climate change. But the number of children born per year in
> the world has stopped growing since 1990. The total number of children
> below 15 years of age in the world are now relatively stable around 2
> billion. The populations with an increasing amount of children born
> are fully compensated by other populations with a decreasing number of
> children born. A final increase of 2 billion people is expected until
> the world population peaks at about 9 billion in 2050. But the
> increase with 2 billion is comprised by already existing persons
> growing up to become adults, and old people like me (+60 years). So
> when I hear people saying that population growth has to be stopped
> before reaching 9 billion, I get really scared, because the only way
> to achieve that is by killing.
>
> So the addition of another 2 billion in number constitutes a final
> increase of less than 30%, and it is inevitable. Beyond 2050 the world
> population may start to decrease if women across the world will have,
> on average, less than 2 children. But that decrease will be slow.
>
> So the fact is that we have to plan for a common life on Earth with
> 7-9 billion fellow human beings, and the environmental challenge must
> be met by a more effective use of energy and a much more green
> production of energy.
>
> The only thing that can change this is if the last 1-2 poorest billion
> do not get access to school, electricity, basic health services and
> family planning. Only if the horror of poverty remains will we become
> more than 9 billion.
>
> So my question is: Are these facts known? If not, why?
>
> It is important because placing emphasis on population diverts
> attention from what has to be done to limit the climate crisis.
>
> http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_on_global_population_growth.html
>