Acharya Prashant explains that the root cause of environmental degradation is the human desire for existence and consumption. He argues that the urge to survive leads to overpopulation, while the urge to consume leads to the excessive use of resources. He suggests a simple yet radical solution: if the world stops producing children for the next twenty years, the environment, forests, oceans, and wildlife will naturally recover. He points out that the desire to increase population and the desire for consumption stem from the same source of ignorance. While international conferences and protocols like the Kyoto Protocol or the Paris Agreement are held, they fail because they avoid addressing the core issue of population growth.