overpopulation

Economist William Stanley Jevons explores the implications of Britain’s dependency on coal.

Commissioned by the Club of Rome and published in 1972, the report warned that unchanged population growth and resource consumption would dramatically worsen the conditions for humanity in the near future.

British economist Thomas Robert Malthus warns of the dangers of overpopulation.

Paul and Anne Ehrlich’s book The Population Bomb raises public awareness about overpopulation.

The Global 2000 Report to US President Jimmy Carter is published.