Category «population»

UK Population Collapse “Good for the Planet,” WEF Adviser Prof. Sarah Harper Explains

Copied from Igor’s Newsletter igorchudov@substack.com Prof Harper told the Telegraph: “I think it’s a good thing that the high-income, high-consuming countries of the world are reducing the number of children that they’re having. I’m quite positive about that.” The academic said declining fertility in rich countries would help to address the “general overconsumption that we …

The Human Ecology of Overshoot: Why a Major ‘Population Correction’ Is Inevitable

by William E. Rees, School of Community and Regional Planning, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia,Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada; wrees@mail.ubc.ca Abstract: Homo sapiens has evolved to reproduce exponentially, expand geographically, and consume all available resources. For most of humanity’s evolutionary history, such expansionist tendencies have been countered by negative feedback. However, …