Long article – but worth reading through for the nuances to the “population debate”. The most powerful section for me:
“The number of people does matter, of course. But how people consume resources matters a lot more. Some of us leave much bigger footprints than others. The central challenge for the future of people and the planet is how to raise more of us out of poverty—the slum dwellers in Delhi, the subsistence farmers in Rwanda—while reducing the impact each of us has on the planet.”
via Population 7 Billion – Pictures, More From National Geographic magazine.
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