Bio-Synergy II is the second part of Effy’s reflection on reproduction after Bio-Synergy. Effy being a heartless concept, her solutions might appears rather… drastic.

Earlier this month, The Lancet issued a new study “Fertility, mortality, migration, and population scenarios for 195 countries and territories from 2017 to 2100: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study“. They projected that world population will peak at 9.6 billion, before declining back below 9 billion by the end of the 21st century. Such trend is substantially below previous projection.

Forecasting so far ahead, on a subject with so many variables, necessarily impose a wide series of hypothesis. However, what everyone seem to agree with, is that population will continue to increase for the coming decades. The resulting pressure on core resources (eg water or energy) already is, and will remain, a major challenge for humanity.

G.M.

Further reading: Thought Co’s Current World Population // Country Meters // World O Meters