General Article Demographic change and the environment

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In 2009, the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution announced that it would investigate the environmental implications of demographic change, looking at the next 40 years to 2050. The Commission chose to study this topic because although there may be a growing understanding of the ways in which the UK population is changing – and much thought is already being given to the social and economic implications of these changes – it seemed that little attention had so far been paid to their env...

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