A Better Future for themselves and their babies. But 1st we take a look at the population problem just how many people are there on our planet and can it cope with a soul. In the early 18 hundreds the global population hit the 1000000000 mark for the 1st time thanks to more efficient farming methods and greater access to food it grew quickly after that medical progress then pushed down mortality rates giving populations a further based in industrial countries birth rates have slowed down now its mainly the populations of developing nations that continue to expand today there are well over 7000000000 of us. Neonatal ward in kabul. These tiny vulnerable infants represent the future of afghanistan. The world needs the next generation or does it. Can our planet deal with a growing population does it have the resources to cope. What told us to take on nature and the climate cities such as delhi in jakarta struggle with the fallout from overcrowding every day there are just too many people l