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Climate Action
A Planet of 3 Billion by Christopher Tucker – book extract
This extract from Tucker's latest book addresses the explosion in population growth since the first Earth Day in 1970.
Dr Christopher K Tucker is the Chairman of the American Geographical Society and author of A Planet of 3 Billion: Mapping Humanity's Long History of Ecological Destruction and Finding Our Way to a Resilient Future – A Global Citizen's Guide to Saving the Planet.