The continued rise in the world's population is the greatest problem faced by humanity at the present time. What are the causes of this continued rise? Do you agree that it is the greatest problem faced by humanity?

The

world’

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population

has been growing lately and

this

has been seen as the greatest

problem

faced by society. Our planet has provided enough resources for

human’s

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survival, enabling the rise of

population

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so far,

however

, some

people

don´t know how to properly use these resources.

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essay will explain why selfishness is the greatest

problem

faced by humanity in my opinion. It is possible to say that everything

people

need to survive, at

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point, comes from the

environment

, and

this

has been allowing the development of modern society. The world’s landscape has changed a lot, especially after the Industrial Revolution, when many forests were destroyed and replaced by industries and plantations to supply

people

’s demand for food and goods. The more the

population

grows, the more the

environment

is damaged. By comparing the percentage of green areas in Europe between 100 years ago and today, the result would certainly indicate that almost no green areas have left today.

In other words

, the consumption of resources has been allowing

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population

growth,

however

,

this

upward trend has been damaging the

environment

too. Even though the continued rise of

world’s

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population

could be considered

the

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humanity’s greatest

problem

, it is not. The greatest

problem

is

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the terrible impact that

population’s

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population

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growth brings to the

environment

, caused by

people

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selfishness. Usually, big companies are not worried if building an industry in the middle of a jungle,

for example

, will lead to deforestation, destroy the habitat of different species, or even pollute rivers with waste. They are only concerned about producing more with less money, so even knowing that the industrial activity will most likely damage the

environment

, big companies will continue to do so because it is profitable for them. Because

people

don´t think about future consequences and prefer to destroy the

environment

in order to thrive economically, I believe that selfishness is the greatest

problem

in society today.

To sum up

, if

people

are not willing to see the big picture of what humanity’s greatest

problem

is, they would say that it is the continued rise of

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population

.

This

essay explained why and at what cost the

population

has been growing lately, leading to the conclusion that humanity’s greatest

problem

is the selfish

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against

the

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environment

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conservation and not the

population

growth itself.