The 7 billionth baby has arrived in a "contradictory world"

The 7 billionth baby has arrived in a "contradictory world" (Alberta Times). According to estimates by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the world...

(Alberta Times)

According to estimates by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the world's population exceeded 7 billion on the 31st. The 7 billionth newborn was born in a hospital in Manila, Philippines on the 31st, entering what the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called "a world of contradictions." More than two newborns are born every second in the world. Various organizations have different opinions on when the global population will exceed 7 billion. However, according to UNFPA estimates, the global population will exceed 7 billion on the 31st and will exceed 10 billion by 2100. This person’s name is Danika. May. Danica May Camacho's baby girl was born to great joy shortly after midnight on the 31st at a public hospital in Manila, becoming one of the "seven billionth" babies born to the world's population. Danika's mother, Camille Dalura, held the baby girl in her arms and murmured, "I can't believe she is the 7 billionth person in the world." Senior United Nations officials in the Philippines also came to visit the couple and Danika, and sent cookies to the baby girl. The world's 6 billionth baby, Lorrize Mae Guevarra, also witnessed this landmark event. Gaevara was born in 1999. He is now 12 years old and studying in the sixth grade of primary school. Countries around the world will select their own symbolic newborns and hold various activities to celebrate this milestone, including a singing contest in Zambia, a concert in Vietnam, and gifts to specific newborns in Russia. However, Ban Ki-moon believes that the global population exceeding 7 billion is not worthy of celebration. The 7 billionth newborn may enter a "contradictory world." He said: "There is a lot of food in the world, but 1 billion people are hungry every day; many people enjoy a luxurious life, and many people fall into abject poverty." Ban Ki-moon said that the birth of the 7 billionth newborn should be regarded as a "clarion call for action." The 7 billion people in the world need enough food and energy, have good employment and education opportunities, and must also enjoy rights and freedoms. According to the United Nations, currently 26.3% of the global population is under 14 years old, 65.9% is between 15 and 64 years old, and 7.9% is under 65 years old. For every 100 women, there are 101.7 men. The top three most populous countries in the world are China (1.37 billion), India (1.21 billion) and the United States (312.4 million). The areas with the largest population growth in the future will be in less developed areas. Even if the birth rate decreases in the future, the global population will grow at a rate of 80 million people per year. The United Nations predicts that India's population will reach nearly 1.5 billion by 2050, surpassing China and becoming the most populous country in the world. Experts say the world will face major challenges such as poverty and environmental protection. Roger Martin, chairman of the non-governmental organization Population Matters, wrote an article in the British Guardian stating that global overpopulation has harmed the environment the most. Martin pointed out that as the population grows, environmental problems will ultimately become impossible to solve. Martin pointed out that mankind has enough food, water and other necessities for people's livelihood to support a healthy life for 7 billion people. But today one in seven people in the world is hungry because half of the food produced in the world is wasted, either rotting in the fields or rotting in markets and refrigerators. Experts point out that population itself does not put pressure on the planet, but human production and consumption does. For example, some people worry that Kenya's population is growing rapidly and is a huge problem. However, Kenya's population of more than 30 million has not become a burden to the world because Kenyans consume very few resources. The consumption of each American is 32 times that of Kenyans. There are 300 million people in the United States, which is ten times the population of Kenya. Therefore, the consumption of the United States is 320 times that of Kenya.