The planet's population is reaching unsustainable levels, and people are facing shortage of resources like water, food and fuel. To what consequences may overpopulation lead? In your opinion, what measures can be taken to fight overpopulation?

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The number of people on the planet is growing at an alarming rate; and coupled with it, numerous pressing issues are emerging with global warming being the most urgent. I believe to answer the
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question successfully, education needs to be the
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the central or most important feature
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of our solutions The consequences of
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are
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more important than anything else, it is that it causes global warming. Indeed, more people mean more vehicles needed for their daily commute. The exhaust fumes from these vehicles are the main culprits behind the climate change crisis because when
traveling
the act of going from one place to another
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in the air, they trap heat from the sun and cause it to radiate slower from our atmosphere.
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, the temperature on the earth is raised and comes along with all of its consequences
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as extreme weather, rising sea levels. Take
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China, for
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. During the period of population explosion, the country has seen unprecedented growth in demand for private vehicles, particularly cars and scooters that consume cheap, fossil fuel oil.
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development has turned Bejing – the capital as well as the most crowded city in China – into one of the worst urban areas in terms of air quality and the biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emission. Combatting
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requires a mix of different measures, in which, I believe education to be the keystone strategy. It is known that the need to reproduce is inherently embedded in our instinct;
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is a biological compulsion, which means other measures
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as the one-child policy or the promotion of contraceptive use are likely to be rendered ineffective without
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educating young men and women about the enormous amount of responsibility of raising a child as well as the consequences of having too many children. Only when they are well aware of what parenting truly entails and what
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can do to our environment that the march of the population expansion can be curbed. Successful implementation of
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education-focused policy can be seen in Vietnam. After acknowledging the adverse effect of
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, from 1990, the government has started several campaigns to promote an image of a happy family with two parents and 2 children. Since
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, the Vietnamese population has remained at a healthy level. In conclusion, I believe
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is the leading cause of global warming; and in order to address it reliably, we should put education
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of every measure, every demographic policy. Only
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, a future without any of
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predicament’s effects can be achieved.
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