by Dr Vijay Garg Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

The crisis is not declining births but rising high-consumption lifestyles; ecological limits are breached while inequality and women’s lack of freedom deepen the burden.

Eight billion of us live on this planet, nearly triple the number in 1960, yet we are told the real crisis is that there are not enough of us. In 1960, there were about 3 billion human beings on Earth. Today, there are around 8.2 billion, and projections suggest we may touch 10 billion by 2050.

India alone now holds nearly 18 per cent of the world’s population. When a human being is added to the planet, it is not merely another body occupying a few square feet. What is added is a lifetime of consumption: food, water, energy, metals, plastics,

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