"… human population growth is doing something long thought impossible – it’s wavering. It’s now possible global population could peak much earlier than expected, topping 10 billion in the 2060s. Then, it would begin to fall.
… Japan’s population is falling sharply, with a net loss of 100 people every hour. In Europe, America & East Asia, fertility rates have fallen sharply."
"Will a falling population be better for the environment?"
https://theconversation.com/global-population-growth-is-now-slowing-rapidly-will-a-falling-population-be-better-for-the-environment-235781
Deborah Hartmann Preuss, pcc /
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