How will we survive when the population hits 10 billion?
12:48 · Charles C. Mann · 2018-10-26
By 2050, an estimated 10 billion people will live on earth. How are we going to provide everybody with basic needs while also avoiding the worst impacts of climate change? In a talk packed with wit and wisdom, science journalist Charles C. Mann breaks down the proposed solutions and finds that the answers fall into two camps -- wizards and prophets -- while offering his own take on the best path to survival.
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- technology
- science
- Anthropocene
- climate change
- nature
- social change
- future
- society
- sustainability
- environment
- global issues