UN: E piʻi ka heluna kanaka o ka honua i ʻewalu piliona milestone i kēia makahiki

Wahi a ka United Nations 'World Population Prospects 2022' hōʻike i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i kēia lā, hiki i ka heluna kanaka o ka honua ke piʻi i ʻewalu piliona ma waena o Nowemapa o 2022.

Ua hōʻike ʻo UN i nā papahana e piʻi ana ka heluna kanaka o ka honua ma kahi o 8.5 biliona i 2030, i 9.7 biliona i 2050 a i 10.4 biliona i 2100.

Ke piʻi nei ka heluna kanaka o ka honua ma muli o ka emi ʻana o ka make, me ka manaʻolana o ke ola honua a hiki i 72.8 mau makahiki i 2019, ʻoi aku ka ʻeiwa mau makahiki ma mua o 1990, ʻoiai ke lohi nei ka wikiwiki o ka ulu ʻana i kēia manawa, wahi a ka noiʻi UN.

E piʻi like ʻole ka heluna kanaka a puni ka honua, UN papahana loea, me ʻInia Ua lanakila ʻo Kina ma ke ʻano he ʻāina nui loa o ka honua ma 2023 a me Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines a me Tanzania e helu ana ma mua o ka hapalua o ka ulu ʻana i manaʻo ʻia.

Wahi a ke Kakauolelo Nui o UN, ʻo Antonio Guterres, ʻo ka milestone ʻewalu piliona "he mea hoʻomanaʻo i kā mākou kuleana kuleana e mālama i ko mākou honua."

Ke hoʻopilikia ʻia nei ka honua e ka like ʻole o ka wahine a me ka hoʻouka ʻana i nā pono o nā wahine a me ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19, ka pilikia o ke aniau, nā kaua a me nā pōʻino kanaka i hōʻike ʻia he "pilikia ka honua," i hoʻohui ai ʻo Guterres.

"ʻO ka hōʻea ʻana i ka heluna kanaka o ka honua he ʻewalu piliona he hōʻailona helu, akā ʻo kā mākou mea e manaʻo mau ai i ka poʻe," wahi a UN Secretary General.