Population: Overconsumption Is The Real Problem -- A Commentary

Human consumption plans are part of the problem (Image: Alex Wong/Getty)

From The New Scientist:

THERE is a pervading myth that efforts to fight climate change and other environmental perils will be to no avail unless we "do something" about population growth. Even seasoned analysts talk about the threat of "exponential" population growth. But there is no exponential growth. In most of the world fertility rates are falling fast, and the countries where population growth continues are those that contribute least to our planetary predicament.

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