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GRANDSTAND. The essayist Antoine Buéno reacts hotly to the analyzes of Ferghane Azihari and Pierre-Antoine Delhommais on world population growth.
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By Antoine Bueno
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Le Dot has just published in quick succession a forum and an editorial tending to relativize the environmental impact of world demography. The editorial, signed by Pierre-Antoine Delhommais, starts from the reassuring observation of the breathlessness of population growth to put its ecological issue in the background in relation to its geopolitical and societal impact. The tribune, signed by Ferghane Azihari, goes much further since it squarely considers this demographic shortness of breath as bad news for the planet! If the subject was not serious, it would give rise to laughter. After all, we are no longer close to a paradox!
Let’s resume. Admittedly, the growth of world demography continues to slow down. And certainly, this is good news for the environment and humanity. But…
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