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Despite reaching 8 billion people, we must plan for population decline

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Despite reaching 8 billion people, we must plan for population decline

The number of people on the planet has hit a huge milestone at 8 billion, but fertility rates are falling fast in many countries, which means planning for an older population

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Tackling population growth is key to fighting climate change

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Tackling population growth is key to fighting climate change

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What will a population of 8 billion people mean for us and the planet?

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An aerial view shows the brine pools and processing areas of the Soquimich (SQM) lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat, the world's second largest salt flat and the largest lithium deposit currently in production, with over a quarter of the world's known reserves, in the Atacama desert of northern Chile, January 10, 2013. SQM fertilizer company has fired its chief executive after it became embroiled in an election campaign financing scandal that has rocked the Chilean establishment, tainting business leaders and politicians with close links to the 1973-1990 dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Picture taken January 10, 2013. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT POLITICS) - GM1EB3I04EU01

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Drought, not lithium mining, is drying out Chile's largest salt flat

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Dismissing environmentalists with an 'anti-growth' label is wrong

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The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War review: US military emissions

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The Blaze (En Plein Feu) review: A taut eco-thriller about a wildfire

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COP27: Causes for concern, and hope, ahead of the big climate summit

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Study your local pond to help track algal growth around the world

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Study your local pond to help track algal growth around the world

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The Climate Book review: An essential guide to a better world

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The Climate Book review: An essential guide to a better world

Greta Thunberg has enticed over 100 experts to write about the climate crisis. No one else could have created this incredible resource

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Environment

Nord Stream leak may have been largest methane emission ever recorded

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I am planning my wife's woodland burial, but green funerals are costly

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Why the UK government's attack on nature cannot be allowed to succeed

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Technology

Emissions from mining a single bitcoin have increased 126-fold

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