The world’s seven billionth person will be born into a population more aware than ever of the challenges of sustaining life on a crowded planet but no closer to a consensus about what to do about it.
The United Nations says the world’s seven billionth baby will be born on October 31.
The body has expressed concern over the standard of living for the ever increasing number of people on the planet and skyrocketing demand for healthcare, education, resources and jobs.
And it is the poorer countries that are affected most, as Al Jazeera’s Nazanine Moshiri reports from central Kenya for our special series, Crowded Planet.
In partnership with the Pulitzer Center and National Geographic, the NewsHour explores how the composition of our society is changing as the world population reaches 7 billion people. Hari Sreenivasan has the details.
Millions of Filipinos flock to Manila to seek their fortune, but often end up in the city’s many slums. Al Jazeera’s Marga Ortigas reports on those who feel less than welcome in the Philippines capital.
Why is your street address such a good predictor of your health? Increasingly, Southeast Asian immigrants like Gwai Boonkeut are moving into neglected urban neighborhoods where African Americans have long suffered, and now their health is being eroded too. What can be done to create a neighborhood that promotes rather than destroys health?
This clip is excerpted from “Place Matters,” Episode 5 of “UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?” This ground-breaking documentary series looks at how the social, economic and physical environments in which we are born, live, and work profoundly affect our longevity and health.
Special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports on an innovative approach for getting water to slum dwellers in Bangladesh. The report is the latest in a series on global population issues in collaboration with National Geographic magazine and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
The search for Kenya’s representative to the Miss World pageant has begun. This year’s event will also feature four young underprivileged girls, who will get direct entry into the finals. Girls from Nairobi’s Kibera slums were among the first to try their chance in the competition.
Images of poverty in the Philippines, focusing on children, with a plea for social change inspired by Catholicism. “You’ve got to open your heart wide/To the love that is inside.” Official video for the theme of the Pope’s 2010 visit to the UK.
