Overpopulation
Global Population Surpassed Earth’s Carrying Capacity In The Last Century
- Human Impact = Population X Resource Intensity
- The higher our global population, the harder we have to work to achieve sustainability.
- Most estimates of Earth’s carrying capacity range from less than 1 to 5 billion human population.
- Current Global Population is approaching 7 billion and estimated by UN to reach 8 to 10.5 billion by 2050.
- It’s estimated we need nearly 1.5 Earth’s to sustainably support today’s population at current consumption levels.
- Some nations are creating financial incentives (“Baby Bonuses”) for larger families, to reverse their declining populations – out of concern their economies will suffer.
- Most cities and regions also seek or welcome added population in the belief that growth creates economic prosperity.
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