Population Growth Quotes

57 quotes by 48 authors

I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed the climatic balance.… — David Attenborough
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 grow food for… — David Attenborough
Just to keep up with population growth, on average our economy needs to be adding about 125,000 jobs per month. — Bob Beauprez
President Obama has tried to spin the paltry new job creation numbers as 'a step in the right direction.' But, clearly, the small growth in… — Bob Beauprez
As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women's issues, in bringing down the population growth… — Benazir Bhutto
The raging monster upon the land is population growth. In its presence, sustainability is but a fragile theoretical construct. To say, as many do, that… — Pete Wilson
When you factor in population growth, it's clear that the mobility model that we have today simply will not work tomorrow. Four billion clean cars… — Bill Ford
The future of mankind is going to be decided within the next two generations, and there are two absolute requisites: We must aim at a… — Jacques Monod
The solutions put forth by imperialism are the quintessence of simplicity...When they speak of the problems of population and birth, they are in no way… — Fidel Castro
There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated...It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could… — John Holdren
Third world nations are producing too many children too fast...it is time to ignore the controversy over family planning and cut out-of-control population growth... — Al Gore
In the Middle East, where populations are growing fast, the world is seeing the first collision between population growth and water supply at the regional… — Lester R. Brown
A combination of very rapid population growth over the last 50 years and reckless economic growth during the same time has stored up massive problems… — Jonathon Porritt
We need to recognise that slowing population growth is one of the most cost-effective and reliable ways of easing pressure on our environment and securing… — Lionel Shriver
Of course I know our economic growth can't match our population growth so of course I know we'll all get poorer until we get that… — Bernard Chidzero
Is it better that we manage population growth responsibly or should we to wait for nature to cull our numbers? — Phil Harding
Everybody talks about population growth and its disastrous effect on climate change, food security and resource depletion, but nobody does anything about it — Phil Harding
Low carbon, resource efficient solutions and halting then reversing population growth are two sides of the same coin — Phil Harding
It is environmental illiteracy and a complete lack of forward thinking to ignore the need to halt and then reverse population growth in the context… — Phil Harding
The first law of sustainability: population growth and/or growth in the rate of consumption of resources cannot be sustained — Albert Allen Bartlett

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