Can the planet cope with a population of eight billion people?

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Experts warn against ‘population alarmism’ as milestone set to be reached in the coming days

, with a population estimated to be 1.41 billion people, is expected to be the most populous country by 2030.

TCD professor in geography Pádraig Carmody dismisses talk of an out-of-control population surge, because debate can become racialised and the reality is more nuanced.Africa is in many ways the continent that reveals most about the complexities and challenges of population growth. About 70 per cent of its population is under 30. The average age on the continent is 19.7.

Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni has 'a kind of pro-natalist policy, believing Uganda will be a strong country if it has a big population'. Photograph: Badru Katumba/Getty Images But there are upsides from population growth too. It can spark innovation, forcing change in doing things differently. It “is symptomatic of poverty largely. And it’s not primarily a cause of some of the big environmental problems”.

These big issues, he suggests, call into question “hard border philosophies” applied in some parts of Europe and China, when they require more workers while other countries have surplus labour.

People on Grafton Street, Dublin. CSO projections suggest sustained increases in Ireland's population over the next 30 years; rising to 5.6-6.7 million by 2050. Photograph: Tom Honan

 

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Excellent. Let our species grow!

So what? More alarmest bullshit from the IT.

Embarrassing rag 😂😂

It All lied back to Esptein Island and the bloodlines. No one listening to the echo-Chambers anymore!

A very strange ,unsettling article..WEF thinking?

The problem isn't with people but rather the insane economic system that we're forced to exist within. The planet can't cope with capitalism.

Yes

There is a deeply anti-human sentiment in the green movement. Beware of those who say there are too much of us, if you believe we are over populated you are free to practice what you preach and exit the world. Population collapse in the future is more concerning.

Because of covid and and affordability people are having less kids.

So those terrifying projections of climate change-related deaths have come in the nick of time, yeah?

And that is why you are promoting abortion in aging countries where the number of dying far exceeds the number of births. Very clever. Very.

Does anyone have a breakdown of where the population is growing most?

No. Do a hitler

'I appeal to the chemists to discover a humane gas that will kill instantly and painlessly. In short - a gentlemanly gas deadly by all means, but humane, not cruel'. George Bernard Shaw on Eugenics.

The problem isn't with people but rather the insane economic system that we're forced to exist within. The planet can't cope with capitalism.

Give us a break 😴💤💤💤

By the time the vax does its job it will be a billion less 🤫

Let's start with people who think the planet is overpopulated, like the billion/trillionsaire's who are stating this, give them and their families the option of euthenesia or any other form of demise they choose to use, That'll finish the conversation and depopulate very quickly

It's all fake and you no it

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