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Paul Ehrlich in 2010. From Wikimedia Commons

Paul Ehrlich, author of “The Population Bomb,” dies at 93

The Stanford University biologist and environmentalist was one of the most influential and controversial voices in environmental science: a leading scientist in the field of ecology, who warned about population pressure on natural systems many years before the climate crisis became a reality.
The population of Japan is small. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Beyond the peak: from 2080 the world's population will begin to shrink

A new UN report states that the world's population will begin to decrease in 2080. The population of Israel, on the other hand, will continue to grow even after the end of the century
The earth will somehow recover but humanity will be extinct. Illustration: depositphotos.com

A lament for the human race

Dr. Assaf Rosenthal quotes one of the participants following the climate conference in Dubai: "Humanity must stop using nature as a toilet", "Humanity has become a weapon of mass destruction".
Among the OECD countries, Israel is almost at the bottom of the list, in 34th place out of 38; And - did not achieve any of the 17 goals set until 2030. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Indexes in indices: Israel is far from being a sustainable country

Not keeping up: a new Israeli study indicates that our country has fallen behind in meeting the UN's sustainable development goals. So what do we do? According to the author of the study, we cannot wait for a legislative change -