The follow of anti-immigration politics across #Europe ..
Esp. #Germany #Poland #Italy and #Spain will be absolutely hammered by #population declines if they put a halt to #immigration as far-right parties advocate for.
Early career researcher at #BSPS2025? Don't miss CPC-CG member Dr Jo Mhairi Hale from the School of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of St Andrews who will be hosting a session on career development later today:
12:00-13:00
Great Hall 014
Packed lunches provided
Find out more about Jo's work: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/about_us/the_team/1607/Jo_Hale
@ChrisMayLA6 This is good - but not good enough. @ZackPolanski still references #economic #growth as if it was a good thing, there wasn't enough of it, & he wants more. No, it's not - we need economic & #population #degrowth, not growth. That's going to happen anyway, irrespective of any government's actions. People don't seem to understand that I = PAT is a dynamic equation, & can be regressive, as well as progressive.
#usa #maga #population #pauvreté #inflation
Donc la vie en #amerique devient trop cher... les gens disent ne pas s'ensortir. Je ne trouve pas la chaîne originale donc il faut supporter le doublage
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OhtYxL68Sts&pp=0gcJCbIJAYcqIYzv
“We happen to be alive at this really transitional moment,” said Professor Jane Falkingham, the director of the Centre for Population Change at the University of Southampton. “We’re going to have an #ageing #population, so we need to think how we organise the life course. These are big policy challenges”
CPC-CG Director Jane Falkingham continues the discussion on the implications of declining #fertility rates in today's The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/30/policy-challenges-declining-fertility-rates-england-wales-ageing-population
You may have also missed coverage of our work with #BBC South News on rising public health #funeral rates, with findings suggesting that reducing deprivation among older people could lower the need.
Catch up in section 3 of the latest #ChangingPopulations
https://sway.cloud.microsoft/urKHaLPBnmc5tC1p
In the latest #ChangingPopulations, we also reported on financial preparedness for later life among individuals from the #Chinese community in the UK.
The findings reveal a lack of trust in the government and #pensions systems, leading to an emphasis on personal #savings, self-reliance, and family support for #financialsecurity in later life.
Head to section 9 to read the full story: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/urKHaLPBnmc5tC1p?ref=Link
Away for the summer and missed the latest #ChangingPopulations magazine?
If so, you missed lots of articles about our latest research and activities, including the article on UK ethnic #pension gaps leaving minority ethnic communities worse off in #retirement, with women more disadvantaged than men - head to section 8 to read more, then stay to read the rest:
Bernice Kuang also joined Anita Rani on BBC Radio 4 #WomansHour this morning to discuss the latest Office for National Statistics #fertility release, drawing on Economic and Social Research Council-funded #Generations and #Gender Survey findings for possible causes - listen from 01:05 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002hkx7
Listen to CPC-CG Member, Professor Jakub Bijak, on the new FutuRes podcast, ‘Certain Futures’, with Professor Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz and Dr Miguel Sánchez-Romero.
Hear Jakub discuss the origins of #demography and how #migration affects #ageing #populations in #Europe
Listen here 
https://futu-res.eu/certainfutures
Most populous cities that begin with a “Y”
A minimum population of 200,000 was required for inclusion. All data are estimates from World Population Review for 2025 unless otherwise specified. As can be seen, only two cities, Yonkers and York, are from primarily English-speaking nations and only one (Yonkers) is in the Western Hemisphere. Peace!
Yangon, Myanmar – Source: placesjournal.com——-
2. Yaounde, Cameroon = 4,854,260
3. Yokohama, Japan = 3,830,882
4. Yantai, China = 2,898,490
5. Yangzhou, China = 2,216,800
6. Yichang, China = 1,800,420
7. Yinchuan, China = 1,795,680
8. Yekaterinburg, Russia = 1,537,000
9. Yingkou, China = 1,385,370
10. Yerevan, Armenia = 1,100,240
11. Yueyang, China = 1,079,980
12. Yangjiang, China = 995,970
13. Yibin, China = 897,493
14. Yangquan, China = 886,584
15. Yuncheng, China = 797,246
16. Yanji, China = 792,664
17. Yancheng, China = 628,441
18. Yaroslavl, Russia = 613,335
19. Yadz, Iran = 609,302
20. Yichun, China = 598,000 (2010)
21. Yamunanagar, India = 495,719
22. Yogyakarta, Indonesia = 476,289
23. Yokosuka, Japan = 428,992
24. Yunfu, China = 395,203
25. Yakutsk, Russia = 343,581
26. Yokkaichi, Japan = 295,841
27. Yoshkar-Ola, Russia = 288,678
28. Yeosu, South Korea = 284,114
29. Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast = 263,396
30. Yao, Japan = 271,213
31. Yangju, South Korea = 259,081
32. Yamagata, Japan = 254,538
33. York, United Kingdom = 220,568
34. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia = 210,815
35. Yonkers, New York = 205,432
36. Yiyang, China = 202,608
37. Yanbu, Saudi Arabia = 200,161
Also on the Office for National Statistics #fertility release, CPC-CG member Dr Bernice Kuang discussed her research in The Guardian, which has found that young people are reluctant to start #families “when there is #economic uncertainty and apprehension about the future”.
Speaking about the latest Office for National Statistics #fertility data release yesterday, CPC-CG Director Professor Jane Falkingham discussed the #economic and #social factors affecting #birth rates globally and nationally with Evan Davies on #BBC Radio 4 PM - listen from 05:19: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002hkt7
Among aging adults, especially women, problematic alcohol use has become more common
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-aging-adults-women-problematic-alcohol.html
I can't comment that anti-human sh*t anymore, sorry - what does "officially declared" mean, after 22 months of terror against a 50% #children #population?
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Arab states on Friday condemned Israel for the famine officially declared in the #gaza strip, with #saudiarabia, #jordan, the #GCC, #MuslimWorldLeague and #palestine accusing Tel Aviv of committing grave crimes against starving civilians, demanding urgent international intervention
Report MEMO AUG-23
Colorado River Basin Has Lost As Much Water As A Full Lake Mead Since 2003, Study Says
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https://www.kjzz.org/science/2025-05-30/colorado-river-basin-has-lost-as-much-water-as-a-full-lake-mead-since-2003-study-says <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115593 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #CRB #ColoradoRiver #ColoradoRiverbasin #Reservoir #lakeMead #lakePOwell #watersupply #waterstorage #drought #climatechange #groundwater #mining #depletion #remotesensing #NASA #GRACE #GRACEFO #satellite #water #hydrology #population #usecase #farming #irrigation #agriculture #watersecurity #foodsecurity #usage #model #modeling #landsurface #sustainability #sustainable #extraction #aridification
**Latest birth and death statistics for Malaga reveal an ageing population in the province**
"_Despite more babies being born, the number of deaths is still 30% higher than total births for the first half-year of 2025_"
https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/malaga-ageing-birth-rate-rises-but-does-20250821115140-nt.html.
The global reproductive rate has been dropping for decades. Many Western countries have fallen below the "2 children per woman" birth rate required to maintain population levels, which means that populations will grow increasingly old and then start declining. AFTER THE SPIKE: POPULATION, PROGRESS AND THE CASE FOR PEOPLE, by Dean Spears and Michael Geruso, discusses myths about population and argues that the decline will be Bad with a capital B.
One big myth is that population decline would be good for the environment. Decline isn't going to help with global warming, though: it's not fast enough. Most critical dates for reducing carbon emissions are in the 2030s or 2050s, but population projections show an increase until around 2080 or so: too late to do any good. The authors suggest we should focus on reducing carbon intensity (good luck with that!) instead.
On the other hand, the authors don't talk about the effect of general uncertainty and I feel they're palming a card here. At one point, they suggest the thought experiment of pressing a button that would create a new person who would have a reasonably good life; wouldn't you press that button, and maybe press it a lot, since you're increasing the sum total of happiness in the world?
But we don't know the future; sure, I'd press that button if the good life is *guaranteed*, but we don't have that assurance at this time in the 21st century. What if it's not possible to ever reduce our carbon intensity to zero?
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"[M]any researchers are recommending a shift in focus from reversal to resilience. They see room for optimism. Even if countries can only slow the decline, that should buy them time to prepare for future demographic shifts. Ultimately, scientists say, fertility rates that are low, but not too low, could have some benefits."
We are looking forward to attending the 
Greg Cocks 
