Social Science

Can Earth's and Society's Systems Meet the Needs of 10 Billion People?

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The Earth’s population, currently 7.2 billion, is expected to rise at a rapid rate over the next 40 years. Current projections state that the Earth will need to support 9.6 billion people by the year 2050, a figure that climbs to nearly 11 billion by 2100 (United Nations, 2012). At the same time, most people envision a future Earth with a greater average standard of living than currently exists—and, as a result, greater consumption of planetary resources. How can this population growth be achieved in a manner that is sustainable from an economic, social, and environmental perspective? The Presidents’ Committee of the National Academies, concerned that the social and natural sciences communities may not be working in concert to address these important questions, sponsored a multidis- ciplinary workshop to explore how the human population of the world might increase to 10 billion in a sustainable manner while simultaneously increasing the well-being and the standard of living for that population. In sponsoring this project, the presidents hoped that other sponsors would step forward for subsequent, in-depth examination of topics surfaced at this introductory workshop. To develop the workshop, three groups within the National Academies—the Board on Environmental Change and Society, Committee on Population, and Board on Life Sciences— established a planning committee to identify workshop topics and agenda items, speakers, and invited guests.

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1-103

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978-0-309-30634-8

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