Did the UN world ambassador say that all human problems will be resolved if the Earth’s population is 90%?

In February 2024, reports appeared that at the World Economic Forum (VEF), the primatologist Jane Gudoll proposed almost completely reducing the population of people to achieve universal good. We checked whether the scientist put forward such an initiative.

Jane Goodol - British ethologist, primatologist and anthropologist, UN Ambassador, as well as honorable member Council of the future world (German non -profit fund, created from The goal To convey to the next generation a healthy planet with a fair and peaceful society). February 4, the author of the Telegram channel "Mordor's voice"(41,000 views at the time of writing this analysis) specifically for the channel"360"(72 000) published a column about the alleged proposal of the scientist. The text is blogger clarifies: Guddul made such a statement at the World Economic Forum in Davos, which Passed In mid -January 2024. “It turns out that the climatic issue is quite simple - it is only necessary that the population of the Earth decreases by ... 90%. Of course, Jane does not offer to directly kill 90% of people on earth, ” - It is said In this text, which on the site "360" is still entitled as "Kill 90% of the population of the planet. The eco -legged has drove the west crazy". Moreover, at the beginning of the material separately It is said: "Biologist Goodoll is ready to kill 90% of earthlings for the sake of climate."

In the Telegram channel of the leading Channel One Olesya Loseva (25,000 views) Given Such a quote: "If we reduce the population by 90%, we can reach the zero level of climate change." At the same time, the post specifies: “Although she said (Guddul. - Approx. Ed.) This is a long time ago, but does not change the essence.” Losev led the screenshot of the December news as evidence of Losev Notes site Slay News - this ultra -conservative English -language resource systematically distributes Disinformation and conspiracy theory, including fakes about the WEF. The online publication, in turn, referred to the huddled in September 2023 tweet With the 15-second record of the performance of Guddol, which gained almost 2 million views. Similar to the post of moose publication also appeared in Telegram channels "Bankst"(107,000 views),"Anatoly Nesmiyan"(64,000),"Strategic Culture Fund"(24,000) and"Zapashny"(12 000).

However, the above -mentioned roller with the speech of Gudoll at the VEF was spread earlier. For example, in May 2023, the scientist about the “assumption” that “all the problems of mankind will be resolved if the population of the Earth is reduced by 90%,” wrote Telegram channels “Militarist"(98,000 views),"Notes of Zhirinovsky"(55,000),"What is going on?"(55,000),"Bad news"(47 000),"Freshness"(25,000), Lomovka (19,000) and others. In December 2022, businessman Ilon Musk Commented One of the similar posts that then appeared on Twitter, as follows: "This philosophy is the death of mankind." However, the most popular video was back in July 2022, but then in publications Given Another quote: “We cannot hide from the growth of the human population, because you know that this is the basis of all problems. There would have been nothing if the population was like 500 years ago. ”

Such notes posted Telegram channels "Russia now"(248,000 views),""Special operation Z" | Yuri Podolyaka+"(199 000), Voblya (150 000), Mediapost (102,000), "RIA Katyusha"(92 000),"Skeptic"(92 000),"Informant"(85,000),"Buyan - what is there in the world?"(73,000),"Info DPR"(71 000), TG Team Russia (63,000), "Cartridge"(60 000),"The first Kharkov"(59,000),"Andrey Fursov"(55,000),"Saffron"(24,000),"Ukraine.ru"(24,000),"Zapashny"(21,000),"Coachman"(18,000) and"Yana Poplavskaya"(11,000). Among the media about the allegedly nominated proposal, the proposal was reported "Public news service","Morning South" (specifiedthat the scientist made an application for the WEF of 2022), ""Tsargrad"As well as"Shary.net". Former State Duma deputy Valery Rashkin in his column on the website of the Communist Party wrotethat Guddoll “publicly advocated a 90 percent reduction in the world's population” from the VEF rostrum on July 28, 2022. In addition, the news has become popular in "VKontakte"(Examples here, here And here).

In 2022, the World Economic Forum Passed Not in the summer, but in the spring - from May 22 to 26, but the viral video was not shot during this event. In fact, they are distributing a video on the network, recorded At the summit in Davos back in January 2020. A public discussion with the participation of a British scientist was devoted to ensuring a stable future for the countries of the Amazon. The 40-minute discussion record is published on the official WEF YouTube channel, and at the mark 31:37 Guddlle pronounces a phrase from a viral video:

We cannot hide from the growth of the population, because it underlies many other problems. All these things we are talking about would not be a problem if the population in the world was the same as 500 years ago.

Neither in this quote, nor during the entire discussion, the scientist did not declare or put forward the assumption that the population of the Earth should be reduced by 90% and that this would solve all world problems. She only noted that along with the growth of the population, people are faced with challenges related to this process. The authors of most of the above publications either incorrectly understood the words of Guddul, or intentionally interpreted them incorrectly, even when they quoted it correctly.

In addition, in reports with the incorrect interpretation of the quote, there is another error. By data The UN, in November 2022, the population of the Earth reached 8 billion people and, as expected, will grow up to the last quarter of the 21st century. That is, 10% of the current level is a little more than 800 million people. According to diverse research500 years ago, that is, at the beginning of the 16th century, the number of people was not in the range of 400-600 million-this is about 5–7.5% of 8 billion. That is, in order to return to the population level of 500 years ago, the number should be reduced by 92.5–95%.

During the discussion Journalist BBC Micchal Hussein I asked scientist question about 1t.org - project on the restoration and cultivation of a trillion of trees, whose ambassador protrudes Guddoll: “How important is the planted trees are valuable enough to do everything possible and make sure that they will not be cut down by local communities or large corporations?” In his response bundles told about the great importance of preserving forests and about the goals of the project, as well as listed Four “gloomy things” that need to be “softened” are factors leading to deafness:

1. poverty, since poor people need more space for growing food;
2. non -ecological lifestyle and consumer behavior of non -poor layers of society;
3. corruption that politicians should eliminate;
4. The growth of the population, since natural resources are limited.

About these problems, in particular about the fourth paragraph, Guddoll more than once She said In their earlier speeches And interview. At the same time, she never offered to force humanity forcibly, but advocated measures to gradually slow down the growth of the population. Among them in their speech on conferences Population Matters in 2019 She called Improving education, as well as expanding the rights and capabilities of women. Note that some studies Confirm Relations between the increase in the level of education of women and a decrease in the birth rate in developing countries. In an interview with CBS News in July 2020, Guddoll emphasizedthat the changes should be carried out on a voluntary basis:

Population problems are politically sensitive, so I'm talking about the voluntary optimization of the population. So this is normal, it is voluntary, this is your choice. You optimize it under your financial situation. People are desperately trying to educate their children, and they can no longer educate eight. Therefore, they love family planning, and women can increase the intervals between the birth of their children in order to be able to take care of them.

Thus, Jane Guddul never called and did not propose solving all world problems by destroying more than 90% of humanity. The posts containing this statement is the result of manipulations or at least the incorrect interpretation of the scientist, who were torn from context. Guddoll, indeed, has talked many times about the problem of overpopulation of the planet, but in fact suggested only to slow down the growth of the population by improving women's access to education.

Photo on the cover: screenshot video Wef

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