“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
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
“Whether we accept it or not, this will likely be the century that determines what the optimal human population is for our… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
Today's voguish threats, including climate change, population growth, massive war, and resource depletion, are all amenable to a fix if we act… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
“The view which he has given of human life has a melancholy hue, but he feels conscious that he has drawn these… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
“Seit Jahr und Tag ist notorisch, daß unsere Erde das vorausberechenbare Wachstum der Bevölkerung, die Erschöpfung der natürlichen Ressourcen und die Auszehrung… — Willy Brandt 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
Growth, growth, growth -- that's all we've known . . . World automobile production is doubling every 10 years; human population growth… — M. King Hubbert Copy Share Image
Population growth is exceeding farmers' ability to keep up...Our oldest enemy, hunger, is again at the door. — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
“The most striking fact of the day was the misery of the industrial proletariat. Despite the growth of the economy, or perhaps… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
“In this century wars will not be fought over oil, as in the past, but over water. The situation is becoming desperate.… — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
The negative impact of population growth on all of our planetary ecosystems is becoming appallingly evident. — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
Like our finances, humankind is living with a growing ecological deficit but the solution is different. The deficit will worsen with dangerous… — Phil Harding Copy Share Image
An idea is only an idea if it causes unease, debate and reflection. By that standard, Thomas Homer-Dixon's concept of an 'ingenuity… — Robert D. Kaplan Copy Share Image
“I know that the consequences of scientific illiteracy are far more dangerous in our time than in any that has come before.… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Human population growth is probably the single most serious long-term threat to survival. We're in for a major disaster if it isn't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is environmental illiteracy and a complete lack of forward thinking to ignore the need to halt and then reverse population growth… — Phil Harding Copy Share Image
Of course I know our economic growth can't match our population growth so of course I know we'll all get poorer until… — Bernard Chidzero Copy Share Image
I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed… — David Attenborough 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
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
Low carbon, resource efficient solutions and halting then reversing population growth are two sides of the same coin — Phil Harding Copy Share Image
