全球人口突破80亿 The World Has Reached 8 Billion – Now What? | Global Focus

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据联合国《世界人口展望2022》报告,11月15日全球人口正式达到80亿。联合国网站“80亿人口日”栏目介绍,这是人类发展史上的一个里程碑。“世界人口达到80亿并不是一场灾难,事实上,这在全球范围内是一个巨大的成功,因为更多的人存活了下来。”联合国人口基金的官员雷切尔·斯诺表示,但如果人类不能为未来几十年的发展做好准备,这将是一场灾难。

The world has reached 8 billion.

And I'd love to tell you what this means for us.

The world reaching 8 billion is not a catastrophe.

In fact, it's a grand success, globally.

More people are surviving.

Life expectancy has increased across the world.

Health care has improved and more people are thriving.

It would be a catastrophe if governments can't prepare for what's coming in the next few decades.

The population of mankind is not likely to keep rising forever, at least as current predictions show.

What we see is a peak predicted in about 2080s, thereafter a plateau.

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