Population footprints

A major international symposium which will provoke debate on the theme of human population growth and global carrying capacity, often regarded as simply too controversial and difficult to tbe tackled through rational analysis.

Population Footprints will focus on the following principal questions:

1. What are the appropriate public policy responses to projected changes in population dynamics in developing and developed countries for the 2^nd decade of the 21^st century and can we find common ground for meaningful dialogue?
2. What are the most important determinants of population growth in this century and what can we do to prepare for it? How should paradigms of gender and sexual rights be developed to meet this challenge?
3. What are the most likely causes and effects of both northern and southern population migration in the 21^st century?
4. What are the medium term implications of differential global patterns and trends in ageing and what shifts in cultural dynamics do we need to prepare for? What is a 'fair' and sustainable level of carbon emission for each person?

The symposium aims to stimulate debate across this range of topics by inviting world-renowned speakers and a wide-ranging audience of academics and activists from the global south and north to address practical policy concerns, and stimulate new thinking in this area.

Programme available here

Speaker

Various including Executive Director of UNFPA, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin

Hosted by

UCL and Leverhulme Trust

Venue

The Mermaid Conference Centre Blacfriars London