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Is the planet full? Seminar Series 2011

Exploring the demographic transition in the 21st Century

Many countries around the world are experiencing a demographic transition that is occurring due to increased longevity combined with low fertility rates.
Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars

Global governance, local governments

Distinguished Public Lecture. Globalization has created a more interconnected, interdependent and complex world than ever witnessed before.
Can emerging technologies save the world? Hilary Term Seminar Series 2012

Securing our cyber future - opportunities and risks when virtual meets reality

Panel discussion as part of the Hilary Term Seminar Series 2012.
Can emerging technologies save the world? Hilary Term Seminar Series 2012

Emerging healthcare technologies - how are they changing us?

Panel discussion - Hilary Term Seminar Series 2012.
Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars

The price of civilization

Sachs argues that for the U.S. to regain sound fiscal health the country must also reform its politics.
Is the planet full? Seminar Series 2011

Are there limits to growth?

Ian Johnson was Former World Bank's Vice President for Sustainable Development (ESSD) and has over thirty years experience in economic development.
Is the planet full? Seminar Series 2011

Population, inequality and global justice

"Optimum population" is a subject long discussed in welfare economics. The talk will first discuss the framework for analysis of policy.
Is the planet full? Seminar Series 2011

Safe, effective and affordable healthcare for a bulging population

Talk by Professor Robyn Norton, Co-Director, George Centre for Healthcare Innovation. The successes of the past century in reducing childhood mortality and eradicating many infectious diseases.
Is the planet full? Seminar Series 2011

Scarce resources - problems and solutions

Professor Guy Houlsby, Co-director, Programme on Globalising Tidal Power Generation (Member of Oxford Martin School).
Is the planet full? Seminar Series 2011

How can 9-10 billion people be fed sustainably and equitably by 2050?

Talk by Professor Charles Godfray, Director, Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food.
Is the planet full? Seminar Series 2011

Water Scarcity: a shortage of water or a shortage of ideas?

'Water Crises', 'Water Wars', 'Peak Water' and many more phrases have been used in recent years to suggest that a growing population and increased per capita water use are leading inexorably to critical levels of water scarcity.
Is the planet full? Seminar Series 2011

Overpopulation or underpopulation?

It is common to hear about the problems of overpopulation, but do we really have too many people? Do we have an acceptable number? Or might we even have too few?
Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars

Rethinking Geoengineering and the Meaning of the Climate Crisis

Professor Clive Hamilton delivers a critique of the consequentialist approach to the ethics of geoengineering, the approach that deploys assessment of costs and benefits in a risk framework to justify climatic intervention.
Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars

Who speaks for climate?

Mass media serve vital roles in communication processes between science, policy and the public, and often stitch together perceptions, intentions, considerations, and actions regarding climate change.
Intergenerational Justice: What do we owe future generations?: Hilary Term Seminar Series 2011

Climate change investment - what is it worth for future generations?

The worthiness of a social investment project is a balance between the cost of the project, and the value of the benefits to society/ how long those benefits may apply.
Intergenerational Justice: What do we owe future generations?: Hilary Term Seminar Series 2011

Demographic balance and human capital from an intergenerational perspective

Our world is demographically divided - some populations continue to grow rapidly, while others are already on a shrinking trajectory.
Intergenerational Justice: What do we owe future generations?: Hilary Term Seminar Series 2011

Climate Change and Intergenerational Justice: What are our obligations to future generations?

Climate change raises profound questions of intergenerational justice. It is widely recognized that there is a powerful case for mitigation in virtue of obligations we have to future generations. But how much mitigation is required?
Intergenerational Justice: What do we owe future generations?: Hilary Term Seminar Series 2011

A legacy of dangers: Climate failure and future generations

The principles that ought to guide our one-way relations with future generations depend profoundly on the precise nature of what is being provided to or - in this case, inflicted on - them.
Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars

A new capitalism for a big society

Bishop and Green led a discussion based on their recent book, "The Road From Ruin: A New Capitalism for a Big Society".
Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars

Assessing the economic rise of China and India

The recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention--and justifiably so.

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