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Roger Martin - Are there too many people in the world?
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Last on 16 - 22 Jan

Are there too many people in the world?

There are now seven billion people on Earth. Population growth is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century.


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"Like Charlie I have known from a young age that I never wanted kids and I applaud her decision to undergo sterilisation. What frustrates me the most about my choice is the constant refusal of society to accept it. 'You'll change your mind when you meet the right man.'" — Susan Paterson's comment on Charlie McCann's film
"For 2006, humanity's total ecological footprint was estimated at 1.4 planet Earths – in other words, humanity uses ecological services 1.4 times as fast as Earth can renew them (global footprint network figures)." — Bruce Phillips's comment on Roger Martin's film
"The flawed logic here is like saying "I've driven a car and never crashed therefore I can never ever crash". Engineers cannot even begin to design a machine that can do what a photosynthesising plant or transpiring tree can do or do so for free as nature does currently." — Bruce Phillips's comment on Tim Fox's film
"An inspiring talk by Roya Kashefi. Look around the world and you find that the most stable democratic countries have shrinking or stable populations." — Bruce Phillips's comment on Roya Kashefi's film
"If all couples of an age to be able to have children had fourteen (like Teresa Crabtree), the population of the world would increase to approximately 17.5 billion within a single generation, over 43 billion within two generations and over 100 billion within three." — Swanty's comment on Teresa Crabtree's film
"People think it is their right to have as many children as they choose, I believe it is our right to make sure that the children we do bring into this world have a safe and stable future, where there is clean water for all, food for all, fresh air for all..." — Positive Thoughts's comment on Susan Long's film
"I have grown up in a family with 5 brothers and sisters, how can you tell people to only have one child? That one child would miss out on all things fun with having siblings. What about all those other people who grew up in big families and wish to do so the same as their parents?" — EmOwen's comment on Stephan Harding's film

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Medical advances are helping people to have babies beyond what was previously possible – whether it’s infertile couples, elderly parents or same sex partners. But does everybody have the right to create a baby?

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