| No worries, Chief. With all the wars within the Ummah and along Islam's bloody border, the population increase will be reduced nicely. And then there are all those aging, below-replacement countries like Italy and Japan, and Turkey and Iran... One wonders what the world population will look like two generations from now in 2075 instead of just a little over one. |
The U.N. predicts the global population will number 9 billion people by 2050 -- a number that makes many environmentalists worry. Climate One Founder Greg Dalton pressed Figueres on whether or not she thinks there are policies to reduce the 9 billion 2050 estimate.
"I mean we all know that we expect nine billion, right, by 2050," Figueres told Dalton in an interview. "So, yes, obviously less people would exert less pressure on the natural resources."
Indeed, the U.N. has warned that food and water resources will be stretched thin as the global population booms. A recent U.N. report on water argued that the world would only be able to meet 60 percent of its water needs in 15 years because of population and economic growth. The U.N. said countries will have to increase water prices or recycling programs to accommodate more people.