Population growth and the proliferation of mega-cities around the world redefines the entire global security agenda. — Helmut Schmidt 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
Population growth is the primary source of environmental damage. — Jacques Yves Cousteau Copy Share Image
Just to keep up with population growth, on average our economy needs to be adding about 125,000 jobs per month. — Bob Beauprez Copy Share Image
I've made a commitment that state spending in Vermont won't grow any more than the rate of inflation plus population growth. — James Douglas Copy Share Image
The negative impact of population growth on all of our planetary ecosystems is becoming appallingly evident. — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
The key thing you can do to reduce population growth is actually improve health. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“the rate of population growth observed from 1700 to 2012—0.8 percent per year—were to continue for the next three centuries, the world’s… — Thomas Piketty 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
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
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
To date, there has been no serious attempt in Western countries to use laws to control excessive population growth, although there exists… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
Would food be considered an instrument of national power? ... Is the U.S. prepared to accept food rationing to help people who… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
We take it for granted that because our shelves and supermarkets are heaving with food that there are no problems with food… — Mark Walport Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people… — Isaac Asimov 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
“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 raging monster upon the land is population growth. In its presence, sustainability is but a fragile theoretical construct. To say, as… — Pete Wilson Copy Share Image
UN studies conducted in more than forty developing countries show that the birth rate falls as women gain equality... I believe income-earning… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
A combination of very rapid population growth over the last 50 years and reckless economic growth during the same time has stored… — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
The future of mankind is going to be decided within the next two generations, and there are two absolute requisites: We must… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
I meet so many that think population growth is a major problem in regard to climate change. But the number of children… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
“Recall that Noah was only in the tenth generation, so this may be well beyond the higher end of the population maximum.… — Ken Ham 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
“Unless we realize that the present market society, structured around the brutally competitive imperative of “grow or die,” is a thoroughly impersonal,… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
“Childbirths were likely reduced — people were making a name for themselves being men of renown (Genesis 6:417), which means they would… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
“Once our ancestors began cultivating land for food, they were running on a wheel, but never fast enough. More land provides more… — Christopher Ryan 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
The reason this system can’t be overthrown in this country,” Walter said, “is all about freedom. The reason the free market in… — Jonathan Franzen 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
The impact of improving health is that the population growth goes down, and so you can educate more kids, feed more kids. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The rate of population growth in the United States is slightly below that required to reproduce itself. — Emanuel Celler Copy Share Image
“Population growth is not a reason against giving aid but a reason for reconsidering the kind of aid to give.” — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
It is undeniable that the looming environmental crisis is partly the consequence of population growth. — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today — Jacques Yves Cousteau 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
A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero. — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
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