A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice and the Environmental Challenge

November 17, 2009, 10:00am - 11:30am

We are living in a pivotal moment: pivotal for the earth's climate, for other natural systems, and for world population. The decisions made today will determine whether human numbers grow from 6.8 billion to 8 billion, or even 11 billion, by 2050.

As the world struggles to respond to climate change, concern about population growth is making a comeback—and raising critical questions: To what extent are demographic changes a factor in today's environmental problems? Could renewed interest in population growth present an opportunity to mobilize resources for reproductive health, women's rights and other vitally important programs? Will fears of exponential growth revive population policies that trample, rather than advance, women's health and human rights?

Join Laurie Mazur, editor of A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice and the Environmental Challenge, and a panel of experts to discuss the complex connections among population growth, climate change and other environmental issues, and explore the policies necessary to advance environmental sustainability and reproductive rights, equity and justice.