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Reducing inequality could see world population fall to 6 billion

A projection of how the global population will change by the Club of Rome is far below United Nations estimates and numbers could drop even faster if we invest more in reducing poverty and inequality, it says

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It's now or never – we need to achieve a sustainable human population

Society

It's now or never – we need to achieve a sustainable human population

Comment

Tackling population growth is key to fighting climate change

Environment

Tackling population growth is key to fighting climate change

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Despite reaching 8 billion people, we must plan for population decline

Humans

Despite reaching 8 billion people, we must plan for population decline

Leader

Fewer than expected boys were born in England and Wales three months after lockdown was introduced

Health

Fewer boys born in England and Wales in early stage of the pandemic

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Baby boomers are the unhappiest generation in the UK

Health

Baby boomers are the unhappiest generation in the UK

News

The rise and fall of the mysterious culture that invented civilisation

Humans

The rise and fall of the mysterious culture that invented civilisation

Features

If we can't change the world, does anything we do matter?

Humans

If we can't change the world, does anything we do matter?

Features

The covid-19 pandemic has reignited questions about population size

Environment

The covid-19 pandemic has reignited questions about population size

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Paul Ehrlich: There are too many super-consumers on the planet

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Paul Ehrlich: There are too many super-consumers on the planet

Conservation biologist Paul Ehrlich raised fears about our rapidly growing population in his 1968 book The Population Bomb. Fifty years later, he reflects on what has changed

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Environment

The population debate: Are there too many people on the planet?

Features

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The return of race science: an interview with Angela Saini

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Martin Rees: Humanity's future – predictions for the next century

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How can we feed 11 billion people sustainably?

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