The number of humans on Earth reached 8 billion in November 2022.
"The places where population is rising fastest have extremely small environmental footprints per person compared with the places that reached peak population many decades ago."
The first scenario, grimly titled"Too Little Too Late," imagines the world meandering along much as it has since 1980. This is predicated on the assumption that variables such as birth rates, savings and debt levels, tax rates, and income models will continue their current patterns. In the more hopeful scenario, called the"Giant Leap," the global population peaks at 8.5 billion by around 2040 and declines to just six billion by the end of the century. The authors indicate that one of the deciding factors in this optimistic outcome is that economic inequality around the world is recognized as a source of division and a threat to democracy and human progress.
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