Author: John Guillebaud
John Guillebaud is an emeritus professor of family planning and reproductive health at University College London and a patron of the Optimum Population Trust.
Population Growth and Climate Change: Universal access to family planning should be the priority
The world’s population now exceeds 6.7 billion, and humankind’s consumption of fossil fuels, freshwater, crops, fish, and forests exceeds supply. These facts are connected. The annual increase in population of about 79 million means that every week an extra 1.5 million people need food and somewhere to live. This amounts to a huge new city …