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SUMMARY: Are there too many people? A head-to-head debate on overpopulatio
 n - Fred Pearce\, author and journalist on environmental issues. Fiona Pea
 rce\, Trustee\, Population Matters
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DTEND:20150331T193000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The human population has increased seven fold in just over 200
  years\, exceeding 7 billion in 2011. The global population is expected to
  continue to rise in the coming decades\, with the United Nations predicti
 ng numbers to reach between 8.3 billion and 10.8 billion in 2050. \n\nBut 
 is population growth really a problem\, or is the real issue wealthy count
 ries consuming resources at an incredible rate? Will population growth cau
 se widespread shortages of food and energy or will technological innovatio
 ns allow us to overcome this? Should we try to control the Earth's populat
 ion\, and if so\, how?\n\nEvent programme\nChair:\nProfessor Dame Athene D
 onald\, Cambridge University\nConfirmed speakers:\nFred Pearce\, author an
 d journalist on environmental issues.\nFiona Pearce\, Trustee\, Population
  Matters\n\nDoors open at 6.45pm for a 7pm start.
LOCATION:Divinity School Lecture Theatre\, St John's College All Saint's P
 assage Cambridge CB2 1TP
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