October 2010's Edition of
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• Population Institute Names 31st Annual Global Media Award Winners
  A Kenyan serial drama, the Senior Editor of Grist, and a Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist are among the 10 recipients of the Population Institute's 2010 Global Media Awards for Excellence in Population Reporting. The awards will be presented December 2nd, at a ceremony in San Francisco, California.
• Study Links Population and Climate Change
  A new scientific study indicates that reductions in projected population growth could significantly reduce projected carbon emissions and help to avoid the worst effects of climate change. The study, which appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), concludes that by slowing population growth to the lower U.N. population projection for 2050, carbon emissions would be cut by 16 to 29 percent over the next 40 years. The report was prepared by an international team of scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
• Wilberforce Award Announced
  Dick Smith, one of Australia's most successful and recognized business leaders, is offering $1 million to "a young person under 30 who can impress me by becoming famous through his or her ability to show leadership in communicating an alternative to our population and consumption growth-obsessed economy."
• World Food Day Observed
  This year World Food Day marked the fourth year in a row in which the observance was linked to a potential food crisis. Three years ago rising grain prices and shrinking grain reserves triggered a global food crisis. Two years ago, the world grain markets were recovering from a tripling of rice prices and a doubling of corn and wheat prices. Last year, the FAO reported that the number of chronically hungry had climbed over the 1 billion mark for the first time in history.
• UNFPA Releases The State of World Population 2010
  On October 20th the United Nations Population Fund released their 2010 State of the World Population Report. The report links peace, security and development to women's rights and empowerment. It highlights that women who have access to the same rights and opportunities as men are more resilient to conflict and disaster and can play a greater role in reconstruction and renewal efforts of their societies. The report looks at stories of individuals who were affected by conflict or catastrophe in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Haiti, Iraq, Jordan, Liberia, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Timor-Leste and Uganda.