10 billion global population ‘unsustainable’: Kerry - Thu, June 8 2023 - The Jakarta Post
10 billion global population ‘unsustainable’: Kerry - Thu, June 8 2023 - The Jakarta Post
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United States special climate envoy John Kerry told AFP that the world’s population would not be tenable in 2050, when it was projected to hit nearly 10 billion, but refrained from asking Americans to give up steaks.
Since November, the global population has officially crossed 8 billion, more than three times the figure in 1950.
This has already stretched food and energy needs and supplies. United Nations projections say the figure will balloon to 9.7 billion in the middle of the century.
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