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World Population Trends

Earth planet prepares to become home for 8 billion people. All of earth’s citizens have the right to sufficient food, safe water, energy to heat and cook, education, health services and livelihoods. But it is obvious that access to and provision of such basics is unequal. Vast inequalities between countries and within societies are challenges to social justice as well as to sustainable development in terms of safeguarding natural resources and the environment. Global or regional discrepancies in wealth and opportunities may be lessened by migration, but this in itself poses new challenges to target regions. Even in those societies that have achieved high standards of living for most of its citizens, the demographic change ushered in undermines the delicate balance between age groups and thus threatens the existing health service and pension systems. What is needed is political will and vision to make the planet ready for millions more to come.

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