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	Rose from KY
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	Dane in St. Louis
10:01:18 From Marian Starkey to Everyone:
	Marian Starkey, calling in from Falmouth, Maine, USA
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	Steve W, Sandpoint, Idaho
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	Ben B in B'ham, AL
10:01:29 From Jennifer Lynaugh to Everyone:
	Hi! Jenn in San Diego
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	Linda in Seattle
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	Pam in DC
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	Melvine from MD
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	Scott from Maryland
10:01:55 From Florence Blondel to Everyone:
	Hi, calling in from New York at the UN HQ  representing Population Connection at the 59th Session of the Commission on Population and Development.
10:01:59 From Bob H to Everyone:
	Bob from Wisconsin
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	Paula from Iowa
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	Alex from Switzerland
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	Lynn L, New Mexico
10:02:57 From Lanford P to Everyone:
	Lanford, Virginia
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	Bundy B from Maine
10:04:38 From Stephanie Wolfe to Everyone:
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10:15:12 From Stephanie Wolfe to Everyone:
	UN 2024 Population Projections: https://populationconnection.org/blog/new-un-population-projections-where-are-we-headed/
10:16:43 From Lanford P to Everyone:
	60 years ago, let’s say the US had 250 million people. China had already passed a billion. I was in Beijing about 12 years ago when they had just passed a billion”law” saying every person had the right to reproduce themselves ONLY. A couple years later their population actually started going down for several years.
10:22:42 From Stephanie Wolfe to Everyone:
	Hi Lanford! Thanks for sharing, we covered China's shrinking population in a 2023 post if you'd like to read more: https://populationconnection.org/blog/chinas-population-has-peaked-thats-good-news/
10:23:24 From PETER JOEL C to Everyone:
	Hi! Peter Joel C from Malawi.
10:26:28 From M Bennet B to Everyone:
	My expectation is that continuing air pollution will result in a toxic atmosphere that will eliminate open farming and anyone without a special mask, effectively eliminating most of the world's population. As we refuse to reduce pollution, we'll take care of any population growth concern.
10:29:55 From Eleanor F to Everyone:
	Won’t pollution start cutting down population before it reaches that point? More pollution, less people; less people, less pollution.
10:33:19 From Paula M to Everyone:
	It seems that population will decline far before open farming will end.
10:42:45 From Stephanie Wolfe to Everyone:
	Pollution is a major health issue for many people already and a cause of death for millions. How can we pave a better path forward? https://populationconnection.org/blog/are-the-end-times-upon-us-can-we-still-chart-a-better-path/
10:44:35 From Eleanor F to Everyone:
	What world population will allow us to use only one year’s worth of resources in a year?
10:49:49 From Allison M to Everyone:
	From my readings in sustainable science, the global population should be between 2 and 3 billion if we really want to protect life on earth.  We are entering our 6th mass extinction and it is caused by human activity.
10:52:48 From Olivia Nater to Everyone:
	Hi @Eleanor, this depends on how much each of us consumes. This blog post explores pathways towards ending overshoot: https://populationconnection.org/blog/escaping-overshoot-exploring-pathways-to-a-sustainable-future/
10:54:07 From Stephanie Wolfe to Everyone:
	Learn more about our K-12 Population Education Program: https://populationeducation.org/about-us/
10:54:45 From Stephanie Wolfe to Everyone:
	We also have a Population Studies for Higher Education Program: https://populationconnection.org/population-education/higher-education/
10:55:41 From Paula M to Everyone:
	It is apparent that CO2 levels were quite stable until the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. While climate change is significant, it is only one part of a natural world diminishing in so many ways. I do not believe technology will save us and Western Civilization has basically run its course. It will require a radical philosophical and spiritual shift in the minds of man. I don't believe it will come within
10:56:09 From Jo Lynne W to Everyone:
	“There are no jobs on a dead planet”
10:56:28 From Paula M to Everyone:
	I don't believe it will come from within the European worldvies.
10:57:09 From Stephanie Wolfe to Everyone:
	Take a deeper dive on Population and the Economy: https://populationconnection.org/learn/population-economy/
10:58:18 From PETER JOEL C to Everyone:
	So what strategies should be put in place to reduce population growth considering that funding is a problem?
10:59:47 From Lanford Pritchett:
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11:01:00 From Stephanie Wolfe to Everyone:
	Thank you for joining us Bob!
11:01:05 From PETER JOEL C to Everyone:
	Being a teacher, I simply teach students the impacts of population growth on environment, space and social requirements.
11:01:14 From Marian Starkey to Everyone:
	Thank you for this wonderful presentation!