please view both of the video and answer those questions
Current projections indicate that the world’s population will grow to 10 billion by 2050. In these TED talks, Melinda Gates and Hans Rosling describe two different approaches to limiting population growth.
Please view both of the following talks:
Melinda Gates: Let’s put birth control back on the agenda
Let’s put birth control back on the agenda | Melinda Gates (Links to an external site.)
Hans Rosling: Global population growth, box by box
Hans Rosling: Global population growth, box by box (Links to an external site.)
Written critique (15 pts).
Answer the following questions (1-2 pages double-spaced). Please number your answers.
- Explain how both speakers propose to limit population growth – give their “take home messages.”
- Describe the 3 most interesting facts or ideas you learned from the TED talks.
- The speakers point out the importance of family planning and child survival for reducing population growth. Discuss two other strategies that can be used to limit population growth. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
- Do you think overpopulation is a problem? Why or why not?