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Inequitable Resource Distribution Poses Greater Threat to Planet Health Than Population Growth

By Milena Bimpong | April 12, 2021

Currently, inequities surrounding access to resources are mainly the result of unequal distribution rather than global scarcity. While that may change as the population grows, these issues of distribution are already contributing to a climate refugee crisis, environmental degradation and food scarcity in some regions of the world.

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