People and the Planet

The combination of changes in population and current levels of consumption is likely to have far reaching and long-lasting consequences for the finite planet and will impact on future generations as well as our own. These impacts raise serious concerns and challenges us to consider the relationship between people and the planet. Read the latest Report published by the Royal Society ...

The Royal Society has published "People and the Planet". The report is offered, not as a definitive statement on these complex topics, but as an overview of the impacts of human population and consumption on the planet. It raises questions about how to seize the opportunities that changes in population could bring - and how to avoid the most harmful impacts, and aims to serve as a springboard for further discussion and action by national and international Governments, scientific bodies, non-governmental organisations, the media and many others.

For enquiries/copies of the report, please email population@royalsociety.org