TED TALK : The truth about human population decline

https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_d_sciubba_the_truth_about_human_population_decline

Discussion : Answer the ff. questions :

1. What is the fertility rate like nowadays ?

2. What happens if it stays the same ?

3. Which countries have ageing population ?

4. What has South Korea done to revert this trend ? Did it work ?

5. How many workers per retiree are there in Eastern Europe ?

6. What are the consequences of immagration in these cases ?

7. What does the speaker suggest to address low fertility rate and ageing population ?

Detailed listening : Fill in the gap with a suitable word

07 :47
In a____________ world, we finally realize that investing in health is a much better use
of time and resources than trying to ___________population size. Similarly, in a
resilient world, we've put in place policies, incentives and technologies that
______________how we consume is just as important as how many of us
consume. And the environment is ____________..

08:10
In a resilient world, those ___________ closer to the start of this demographic
transition take _______________of the time to plan and institute sustainable
______________in the face of their demographic change. This is important because
for the ___________ ages 60 plus to go from 15 percent of the total to 30 percent, it'll
take Ireland 92 years, the United Kingdom 89 years, and ____________- 70
years. For that same___________shift to happen now, it'll take India 34 years, Mexico
32, Iran 20 and Thailand, only 19. It's happening _________ now. And we really need
to realize this because those countries have to act, including suites of
___________like moving away from informal economies that increase the risk of
poverty in older _________

09:04
You know, there are so many people on the planet right now just between the ages of
65 and 74, that altogether they'd be the third most-___________country in the
world. There's far more of them than there are global __________, which we don't
hear about, right? And there'll be 800 million of them by the middle of this
________- They're a vast ___________ resource in most places in the world right
now, but a well-utilized one in a resilient world and to _____________ benefit.

09:33
We should run from a fearful world and get our heads out of the __________. And we
should be able to ______________ a much better, more resilient world. I've always
thought that the way we feel about population aging to a large extent ___________the
really negative way we feel about our individual aging. And that _____________has
held us back. But just as with our own aging, this shift is _____________-. So what are
we going to do about it?

10:02
As individuals, we know that our actions now set us up to ______longer,
healthier, more financially _________lives. Our society's actions set us up for one of
these three worlds to become our _______. Let's make it a resilient world and
reimagine a ________,, smaller world as a beautiful one.
10:24
Thank you.