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for people struggling to cope. the government has said its providing a package of measures to help with rising costs. thats it from me. which will be here at the top of the hour. —— rich will be here. now on bbc news, its time for unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc�*s headquarters in central london for unspun world, the programme where bbc experts give straight answers to the big questions of the moment. are we actually making any progr...

hello, and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc�*s headquarters in central london for unspun world, the programme where bbc experts give straight answers to the big questions of the moment. are we actually making any progress whatever in combating climate change? well, hot air? there is also the possibility that we could use our ingenuity and our unique abilities as human beings, as homo sapiens, to get out of this. whats russia got up its sleeve for the parts of eastern ukraine that...

It was in china, and look at the massive benefits there were there to this big increase in the working—age population. and we know we can tackle climate change. we know what needs to be done, but as we just learned from cop these past few weeks... just dont do it. we just havent managed to get the necessary cooperation to get it done. when will it be nine billion? it should be around the late 2030s, and then ten could be another 20 years after that. and around ten, the un estimates well top of...

Of restriction on themselves. the climate conference cop27 reached an agreement of sorts at sharm el—sheikh, setting up, among other things, a fund by which richer countries can help poorer ones which are seriously affected by the violent weather events which are becoming more and more frequent. should we breathe a sigh of relief? no. the un secretary—general antonio guterres said our planet remains in the emergency room. mary robinson, head of the elders group and a former president of irel...

Bbc population correspondent. the past billion, its been mostly china and india, so its really come from asia, then various countries in africa, but the next billion is predicted to come from only eight countries. one of them is india, because it will keep growing even though fertility levels have come down in india. but where were going to see huge growth and were already seeing rapid growth is countries like nigeria, ethiopia, egypt, the democratic republic of congo, and thats because their fe...

We know what needs to be done, but as we just learned from cop these past few weeks... just dont do it. we just havent managed to get the necessary cooperation to get it done. when will it be nine billion? it should be around the late 20305, and then ten could be another 20 years after that. and around ten, the un estimates well top off byjust less than 10.5, but theres other, more conservative projections say that the population wont even reach ten. that was steph hegarty, the bbc�*s populati...

Setting up, among other things, a fund by which richer countries can help poorer ones which are seriously affected by the violent weather events which are becoming more and more frequent. should we breathe a sigh of relief? no. the un secretary—general antonio guterres said our planet remains in the emergency room. mary robinson, head of the elders group and a former president of ireland, was even more blunt. the world still stands on the brink of climate catastrophe, she said. all this happen...

Projections say that the population wont even reach ten. that was steph hegarty, the bbc�*s population correspondent. when i was born in 19114, there were only two billion people on earth, a quarter of the number now. even then, the general opinion was that this was far too many and we wouldnt be able to feed them all or find work or medical care for numbers like that. and yet, of course, we did. in the 22 years of this century so far, something like one billion people have been lifted out of ...

The world still stands on the brink of climate catastrophe, she said. all this happened at a time when experts say the population of our world hasjust reached eight billion. how much should we be worrying about this as well? i turned to steph hegarty, the bbc population correspondent. the past billion, its been mostly china and india, so its really come from asia, then various countries in africa, but the next billion is predicted to come from only eight countries. one of them is india, because ...

The climate conference cop27 reached an agreement of sorts at sharm el—sheikh, setting up, among other things, a fund by which richer countries can help poorer ones which are seriously affected by the violent weather events which are becoming more and more frequent. should we breathe a sigh of relief? no. the un secretary—general antonio guterres said our planet remains in the emergency room. mary robinson, head of the elders group and a former president of ireland, was even more blunt. the ...