Should we be afraid of the world's population?

Should we be afraid of the world population, of Jacques Véron.

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By: Caroline Lachowsky

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Should we be afraid of the world's population?

The demographer Jacques Véron dismantles simplifying clichés to find out how to reconcile population, environment and sustainable development ...

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Let's take a look at our world population and our demographics today .. We will soon be more than 8 billion human beings on earth, according to the latest UN forecasts for 2025 .. that is a lot .. too much according to some .. Should we be alarmed?

Should we be afraid of the world's population?

To use the title of the salutary essay by our guest, the demographer

, a specialist in relations between population and the environment who dismantles our over-simplifying clichés and our received ideas. No, it will not be enough to reduce our population to reduce the environmental pressure .. The demographic issues are much more complex and are above all the concern of everyone everywhere on our small planet .....

With

demographer, specialist in relations between population and environment, for his book

published by Editions du Seuil / Point Essais

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