How to balance the population needs on our planet
We face multiple looming demographic crises — and our responses seemingly contradict each other. A rapidly aging population means that we need more children to be born. But it's foreseeable that resources on Earth simply can't sustain many more people. How can we solve this conundrum? Original broadcast on May 22, 2022 Guests Dr Stuart Gietel Basten — Professor of Social Science and Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Dr Marco Amati — Associate professor of International Planning, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Deborah Devis — Science Communicator Dr Anumitra Mirti — Senior Associate — Sustainability, Beca Professor Nick Parr — Demographer, Macquarie University
Future Tense · Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Show Notes
We face multiple looming demographic crises — and our responses seemingly contradict each other.
A rapidly aging population means that we need more children to be born. But it's foreseeable that resources on Earth simply can't sustain many more people.
How can we solve this conundrum?
Original broadcast on May 22, 2022
Guests
Dr Stuart Gietel Basten — Professor of Social Science and Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Dr Marco Amati — Associate professor of International Planning, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
Deborah Devis — Science Communicator
Dr Anumitra Mirti — Senior Associate — Sustainability, Beca
Professor Nick Parr — Demographer, Macquarie University