Population

According to biologist Paul Ehrlich and author of The Population Bomb, Impact (I) = Population (P) x Affluence (A) x Technology (T). Of these factors, affluence and technology are by far the biggest. A small minority of the world’s population in the rich world is responsible for the biggest ecological impacts, due to our lifestyle, diets, overconsumption and agricultural and industrial practices. Population will stabilise as people come out of poverty, get educated, move to cities and empower women. Meanwhile, the moral responsibility is on us to demonstrate how our quality of life can be sustained within planetary boundaries.

— Wayne Visser

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