How many people can our planet really support?

How many people can our planet really support?

We have a problem with the future of the planet. The problem not is the number of people if not the behavior of these persons with the Earth. This happens because we consume more than earth produces.
As Gandhi said " The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed"
The population increases and with she the damage that we make with our necessities. According to United  Nations predictions it could reach 9 billion people by 2050, and over 11 billion by 2100. And more important we aren't know if can live so much persons because this never happened before. But we can know where will happen this increase observing that the largest increase currently low and middle-income countries.
Mainly, rich countries emit the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases however the poor countries even having more inhabitants emit less greenhouse gases. There are exceptions, such as the Copenhagen.
The way for can to maintain a large human population is that the people living in high-income nations reduce the pressure on global climate.
Therefore, there needs to be a fundamental change in the core values of developed societies: away from an emphasis on material wealth, and towards a model where individual and societal well-being are considered most important.
Also is important reduce the number of inhabitants because we aren't maintain so much persons. A good method is helping the persons of poor countries because sometimes have sons because they haven't contraceptive methods and when have the son they can't maintain him.
The big number of inhabitants and the actions of these make: problems of climate change, biodiversity extinction crisis, mass ocean pollution, one billion people are starving and another one billion people are having nutrient deficiencies.
Although it has been investigated if we would can live in other planets, for the moment the only place where we will live is the Earth. Then we have to take care of the Earth.

I think that the rich countries we would have to something for attempt to improve the condition of Earth and the some inhabitants of this. Until not make nothing globally we can make anything for helping to Earth.
In this web page you can know your ecological footprint:http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/

Vocabulary

Rates: the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of counting.

Surface: the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing.

Trend: way or direction things tend to go/ style

Introduction Global Issues

CLASSROOM ACTIVITY NEWS: Introduction Global Issues ( Friday 10th November)


http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35073297

Paris climate agreement is a accord made by different countries of the world. This accord wants to better the climate, fighting against climate change.
The key elements for get the objective are fall the global temperatures, review the reduction of gases in each country and the rich countries help to the poor countries to adapt to climate change and switch to renewable energy.
This agreement has as weakness the money because would need more and this make that have less projects. But Paris is only the start and still have many things that to do.
Before they tired start a project for protect the environment. This project, Kyoto Protocol was a agreement create in 1997 and it wanted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The accord did not work because the US pulled out and other failed to comply.

In my opinion this is a good way of invest money because the climate change affect everyone. So i think that would have to make more project with this objective and don't spend so much many in unnecessary things. Also I believe, and want be wrong, that we will not obtain proposed goals.

Vocabulary:

Greenhouse gas: any of the gases that absorb energy from the sun and so contribute to the greenhouse effect, including carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, and the fluorocarbons.

Fuel: matter that can be burned to create heat or power, such as coal, wood, oil, or gas.

Pledge: a solemn promise to do or stop doing something.

Agreement: the act of agreeing or of coming to a mutual arrangement.