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Why Pronatalism Fails the Planetary Health Test

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  • Celine Delacroix,
  • Marleen Temmerman,
  • Nandita Bajaj,
  • Ann Moore,
  • Phoebe Barnard,
  • William Ripple,
  • William Rees,
  • Michael Gerrard,
  • Diana Coole,
  • Robert Engelman,
  • Helen Kopnina,
  • Nkechi Owoo,
  • Peter Lindsey
Celine Delacroix
University of Ottawa
Marleen Temmerman
Aga Khan University
Nandita Bajaj
Antioch University
Ann Moore
Guttmacher Institute
Phoebe Barnard
University of Cape Town
William Ripple
Oregon State University
William Rees
University of British Columbia
Michael Gerrard
Columbia Law School
Diana Coole
Birkbeck, University of London
Robert Engelman
Population Institute
Helen Kopnina
Northumbria University
Nkechi Owoo
University of Ghana
Peter Lindsey
University of Pretoria
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3197/whpjps.63887831800459

Published 2026-07-07

Keywords

  • planetary health,
  • planetary boundaries,
  • pronatalism

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Delacroix, Celine, Marleen Temmerman, Nandita Bajaj, Ann Moore, Phoebe Barnard, William Ripple, William Rees, Michael Gerrard, Diana Coole, Robert Engelman, Helen Kopnina, Nkechi Owoo, and Peter Lindsey. 2026. “Why Pronatalism Fails the Planetary Health Test”. The Journal of Population and Sustainability, July. https://doi.org/10.3197/whpjps.63887831800459.

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