The document discusses overpopulation and its environmental impacts. It argues that population growth is the primary driver of issues like depletion of resources, climate change, and extinction of species. While organizations like Friends of the Earth do not see population growth as a major issue, the document claims their proposed solutions around reducing consumption will not be enough to avoid global collapse given the rising population. It advocates for measures to stabilize populations in developing countries and reduce populations in developed countries through education and access to family planning.

4. World Population (billions) By 2050 we can expect an increase close to the combined populations of China and India today The last hundred years has seen a FOUR-FOLD growth in population !

11. Do carbon emissions, and consequent climate change, have any relationship to global population ? CO2 levels have risen sharply since 1800

12. Do carbon emissions, and consequent climate change, have any relationship to global population ? CO2 levels are rising in parallel with global population