7 Billion+ - new UNSW population site

The world’s population is growing extremely quickly with another billion people added in a little over a decade. In this special website, 7 billion +, the University of New South Wales presents guidance and food for thought from some of its many independent academic experts, with a focus on Australia.  Topics covered are:

• Health systems
• Water
• Food security
• Ageing population
• Energy
• Economy
• Climate

Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite writes in the health systems section, "Keep going at this rate, and there will be an earth inevitably so depleted and unhealthy that it will support none of us. And after two million years of human existence, ... Exit, Homo sapiens: a drastic solution to the population problem." He also warns that in Australia we will need one million aged care workers by 2025 to support our ageing population.