Population Matters: Is the world going to be enough?

Alongside climate change, the other existential crisis we face is the collapse of biodiversity globally. Both reports identified human population, alongside and in harness with economic growth, as an indirect driver of over-exploitation and habitat loss. A growing number of people in developing countries are emulating unsustainable, high consuming lifestyles. The global 'middle class' is estimated to grow from 3.2 billion at present to 5 billion by 2030, with China and India home to the most rapidly growing cohorts. Read on ...