DECRYPTION – While more and more young people are giving up having children to save the planet, the world population has exceeded 8 billion inhabitants.
The milestone of eight billion inhabitants was crossed on November 15, 2022, according to the official estimate of the United Nations, and should reach 10 billion by 2080. According to the international organization, the first threshold is “an important milestone in human developmentand a reminder of “our shared responsibility to take care of our planet“, at the same time as the COP27 is taking place in Egypt. For the UN,this growth is unprecedented“. Indeed, in just over 200 years, the world’s population has increased eightfold.
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Already in 1803, Thomas Maltus was worried about the Earth’s ability to feed all its inhabitants. While more and more young people today are wondering about the ecological consequences of parenthood, are we witnessing the return of “Malthusianism” and its fears of a planet exhausted by its too many Earthlings?
Also according to the latest UN estimate, a “picto 10.4 billion inhabitants should be reached in the years…
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