Acharya Prashant explains that man has a lust to continue existing and to keep consuming while he exists. Due to the lust for continued existence, man is living longer and longer and leaving children behind. And due to the lust for consumption, man is consuming more and more. The solution, he states, is very simple: if no children are born for the next 20 years, everything will be fine. People will continue to pass away, but the population will not increase. The environment, air, forests, mountains, and seas will all be fixed. The animals and birds will be fine. Just don't increase the world's population for 20 years. He elaborates that if the mind becomes such that it does not want to increase the population, then the mind will also become such that it does not consume excessively. This is because the desire to increase the population and the desire for more and more consumption both arise from the same source. One can either take a very long-winded path, like running campaigns to save the environment, holding international conferences, and making international agreements, which are never followed. Or one can address the root cause. All the problems in the world exist for one reason only: we are not only increasing our population but also increasing our per-capita consumption. If today there are 10 people and each consumes 2 units of resources, the total consumption is 20 units. Tomorrow, if these 10 people become 15, and instead of consuming 2 units per person, they consume 4 units each—which is what you call development and GDP growth—then the total consumption becomes 60. Both things are increasing: you are living longer, having more children, and those who are alive are consuming more. And every coming generation consumes more than the previous one. This is what needs to be stopped. You don't need any international conferences or agreements. All those big international talks happen precisely so that this simple, straightforward point doesn't have to be made. No one has the courage to tell the people of the world directly, 'Do not have children, it is a sin.' Because our tongues tremble while saying this simple thing, we do all sorts of convoluted things. We talk about the Kyoto Protocol, Rio de Janeiro, or the Paris Agreement. The birth of a child is not just a physical matter; it is a cultural matter. We have created a whole culture where the arrival of a child is considered a big deal. The common man is motivated to have children. The media will publish a baby's photo, calling it 'so cute.' A failed actor or actress has a baby, and for years, their photos are published. For those who don't have children, they are given 'pregnancy goals.' This is not just a physical matter; it's a cultural one. And this culture can be changed. Sinners have put their full force into establishing a wrong culture. If they didn't put in so much effort, this false culture would collapse, but they do it for economic gain. Children are not just born; people are being forced to have children through the propagation of a false culture. Every child that is born is the death of countless animals because when a human comes, they need space, food, roads, and water, all of which come from the jungle. The jungle is cut down to make fields. When people talk about saving the environment, they say we need new technologies that cause less pollution. You are talking about something so distant. You say, 'Let's invest more money in technology research to create cars that pollute less.' Fine, you made a car that pollutes 10% less, but the sales of cars have increased by 20%. So, has pollution decreased or increased? You will say that technology is advancing and cars now pollute less. You will say electric cars are coming. Where does the steel for that electric car come from? And where does the electricity to charge it come from? Is pollution decreasing?