An advisor to the ‘great reset‘-pushing World Economic Forum (WEF) has claimed the collapse of Britain’s birth rate is a “good thing” for the planet, as it reduces consumption amongst wealthier nations.
Professor Sarah Harper, a former advisor to the British government, founder and director of the Oxford Institute on Population Ageing, who sits on the “Global Agenda Council on Aging Societies of the World Economic Forum,” argues the West’s declining birthrates are beneficial to the planet as the “general overconsumption that we have at the moment.”
“I think it’s a good thing that the high-income, high-consuming countries of the world are reducing the number of children that they’re having. I’m quite positive about that,” Professor Harper stated, adding: “We will see smaller populations in high-income countries going forward. It’s just going to be a trend of the 21st century and that will actually be good.”
The international fertility rate has dropped significantly since the 1950s, in which birthrates per woman were five, compared to just 2.3 in 2021, according to the United Nations Population Fund. A number of nations are beginning to take action to counter the trend, including China, which is offering state-backed financial assistance for IVF treatment.
