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    There is No Planet B

    Oct 25, 2021 3 minutes

    Yet one of the most powerful solutions available to us is not on the table at COP26.

    Multiple factors contribute to the climate emergency, and multiple actions are needed to address it. Our growing numbers are one of those factors.

    The human population on Earth has grown from just one billion in 1800 to over 7.9 billion today, more than doubling since 1970. The United Nations predicts the global population will increase by around three billion more by the end of this century.

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