Rapid population growth and technological innovation, combined with our lack of understanding about how the natural systems of which we are a… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
“By 2060, India’s economy is projected to be larger than China’s because of its greater population growth. India is forecast to produce… — Jeremy J. Siegel Copy Share Image
Everybody talks about population growth and its disastrous effect on climate change, food security and resource depletion, but nobody does anything about… — Phil Harding Copy Share Image
“human population growth mushroomed as quality of life plummeted. The shift to agriculture, wrote author Jared Diamond, is a “catastrophe from which… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
Environmentalists have been outspoken in their support of smaller family size and abortion rights as keys to reducing global warming. But when… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
We've made some heroic efforts, but the Earth as a whole is in worse shape today than 30 years ago, ... There's… — Denis Hayes Copy Share Image
Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Those who fail to see that population growth and climate change are two sides of the same coin are either ignorant or… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space, places to… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
City farming is not only possible, it is the very definition of the kind of meaningful, sustainable innovation we will need to… — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
No circumstance would prevent over-population so effectually as a general raising of the customary standard of comfort among the poorer classes. If… — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
“As the previous chapter showed, mobile communities of foragers have good reasons to limit population growth. But if they settle down, those… — David Christian Copy Share Image
Through its prohibition on birth control, the Church has suggested that the only right way to have children is through biological reproduction:… — Nancy Mairs Copy Share Image
“The world has a very serious problem, my friend' Shiva went on. 'Poor children still die by their millions. Westerners and the… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
Today there's a new report out about how population growth is going down in the United States. Immigrant women are having fewer… — Barbara Crossette Copy Share Image
Man will survive as a species for one reason: He can adapt to the destructive effects of our power-intoxicated technology and of… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
Over the next ten years, I predict, the mainstream of the environmental movement will reverse its opinion and activism in four major… — Stewart Brand Copy Share Image
It's obvious that China faces a range of demographic and economic difficulties stemming from its own population growth, and that the global… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
Instead of a permit system or regulations, the Forest Service needs to reduce worldwide population growth to limit the number of visitors… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed… — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Copy Share Image
“I believe that the emphasis on curbing population growth diverts attention from the more vital issue of pursuing policies that allow the… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
President Obama has tried to spin the paltry new job creation numbers as 'a step in the right direction.' But, clearly, the… — Bob Beauprez Copy Share Image
For far too long, our local, state, and federal leaders have neglected to modernize New York City's aging infrastructure to keep pace… — Nicole Malliotakis Copy Share Image
In the last 200 years the population of our planet has grown exponentially, at a rate of 1.9% per year. If it… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The people who see the population explosion in the Malthusian way - as a geometric progression - forget that population growth is… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
It is much easier to make intellectual messes than it is to clarify complicated issues, especially when real solutions would challenge the… — David W. Orr Copy Share Image
A refugee in the traditional vision is someone who flees from country to another because of persecution or conflict. But what we're… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
“It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, the most… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The first law of sustainability: population growth and/or growth in the rate of consumption of resources cannot be sustained — Albert Allen Bartlett Copy Share Image
Is it better that we manage population growth responsibly or should we to wait for nature to cull our numbers? — Phil Harding Copy Share Image
Without productivity gains, any growth in GDP is exactly offset by population growth, and the average income stays the same. — Said Musa Copy Share Image
It is undeniable that the looming environmental crisis is partly the consequence of population growth. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
Population growth is the primary source of environmental damage. — Jacques Yves Cousteau Copy Share Image
Low carbon, resource efficient solutions and halting then reversing population growth are two sides of the same coin — Phil Harding Copy Share Image
The negative impact of population growth on all of our planetary ecosystems is becoming appallingly evident. — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
People often focus on the downsides of population growth but neglect the upsides. These upsides may even outweigh the downsides, making a… — Ian Goldin Copy Share Image
We used to live in a world where the price of resources came down steadily, and now the world has changed. You… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, where the population growth is very high, whereby you don't have the mortgage low yet. Still the… — Al-Waleed bin Talal Copy Share Image
Short of nuclear war itself, population growth is the gravest issue the world faces. If we do not act, the problem will… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
