"The Planetary Regime might be given responsibility for……" — John Holdren
"The Planetary Regime might be given responsibility for determining the optimum population for the world and for each region and for arbitrating various countries’ shares within their regional limits. Control of population size might remain the responsibility of each government, but the Regime would have some power to enforce the agreed limits."
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John Holdren
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21 Quotes by John Holdren
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A massive campaign must be launched to restore a high-quality environment in North America and to de-develop the United States...De-development…
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There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated...It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including…
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A program of sterilizing women after their second or third child, despite the relatively greater difficulty of the operation than…
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The development of a long-term sterilizing capsule that could be implanted under the skin and removed when pregnancy is desired…
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Humanity cannot afford to muddle through the rest of the twentieth century; the risks are too great, and the stakes…
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Reliable and affordable energy is essential for meeting basic human needs and fueling economic growth, but many of the most…
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If some individuals contribute to general social deterioration by overproducing children, and if the need is compelling, they can be…
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A massive campaign must be launched to de-develop the United States… [we] must design a stable, low-consumption economy.
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Only one rational path is open to us - simultaneous de-development of the [overdeveloped countries] and semi-development of the underdeveloped…
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The need for de-development presents our economists with a major challenge. They must design a stable, low-consumption economy in which…
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