The environment needs more people, not fewer

Before going any further, though, we have to fully address the common misconception that population is the biggest problem we face. We are already at a stage where the amount of consumption has a larger impact on the potential liveability of the planet than any remaining increase in population does. And, perhaps more importantly, the age of populat

As for concerns around overpopulation, historically, these fears have been completely backwards. Every time, it's education, technology and innovation that lifts us out of poverty and saves us from imminent apocalypse, while population controls and 'de-growth' initiatives lead to stomach-churning atrocities.

human population growth, and increased per-capita impact of people.