A group of scientists released a public statement calling for humans to reduce their numbers by 4 billion by the year 2200.
They wrote, “We show that slowing and gradually reversing population growth to ∼4 billion or less by 2200, while moderating per capita impacts, is the path toward sustainability. Global environmental problems are caused by people, nothing else. The more of us there are, the greater our overall economic demands and the greater the associated environmental problems.”
Scientists call for world’s population to be cut in half despite warnings of demographic collapse– www.lifesitenews.com
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A study published last week calls for the earth’s population to halve to four billion to achieve a “sustainable” planet.
“We show that slowing and gradually reversing population growth to ∼4 billion or less by 2200, while moderating per capita impacts, is the path toward sustainability,” about a dozen co-authors wrote. “Per capita impacts” refers to people’s resource and energy usage.
The authors argued that data shows population growth leads to a decline in wildlife abundance, an increase in CO2 emissions, an increase in energy consumption, a greater ecological footprint, greater freshwater use, mineral extraction, plastics production, and pesticide use.
“Global environmental problems are caused by people, nothing else. The more of us there are, the greater our overall economic demands and the greater the associated environmental problems,” the authors asserted.
They draw the conclusion, therefore, that “in the long run, population growth itself is unsustainable.”