Stats to consider:

 

 

• World's richest 1% cause double CO2 emissions of poorest 50% (Oxfam, 2020)
• The world’s 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than the 4.6 billion people who make up 60 percent of the planet’s population (Oxfam, 2020)
• The 22 richest men in the world have more wealth than all the women in Africa (Oxfam 2020)
• 70% of all flights by UK residents are taken by just 15% of the population (Possible, 2019)

Resources:

1. Podcast (30 minutes) https://open.spotify.com/episode/1rDfkhM863jMg7Bo7klZX4
    
2. Twitter thread https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/1258365319233638401
    
3. YouTube video on Myth origins (2 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZVOU5bfHrM
    
4. Article 1: Short intro to this topic - How racist myths built the population growth bogey man  https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/blog/2019/mar/9/how-racist-myths-built-population-growth-bogey-man
    
5. Article 2: 5 myths about Population Control in India busted https://feminisminindia.com/2020/09/07/5-myths-about-population-control-india-busted/
    
6. Article 3: Population panic lets rich people off the hook for the climate crisis they are fuelling  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/26/panic-overpopulation-climate-crisis-consumption-environment
    
7. Article 4: (long read): https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n05/meehan-crist/is-it-ok-to-have-a-child