This isn’t the first time we’ve seen the UN’s sustainable development reports appear alongside conspiracy theories. The document does outline the stress a growing population places on earth’s resources, but Full Fact could find no reference to reducing the world’s population. The United Nations’ Agenda 21 was published in 1992, and is a 351-page document setting out sustainable development objectives. The post refers to what it describes as the “UN Agenda 21 global depopulation plan for mankind”. It appears that these headlines have been interpreted as a direct quote by the creator of the post on Facebook. This was widely picked up the following day, with the MailOnline starting its headline with “Duke of Cambridge insists there are too many people in the world” and the Express writing “Prince William says there are too many people on Earth”. They were reported that night by the Telegraph with the headline “Prince William warns that there are too many people in the world”. The comments were made on 2 November 2017, during a speech at a gala dinner for the wildlife conservation charity Tusk Trust, of which he is royal patron. “There is no question that this increase puts wildlife and habitat under enormous pressure.” It appears that Prince William did not actually say this, though he did say: “Africa’s rapidly growing human population is predicted to more than double by 2050 – a staggering increase of three and a half million people per month. The post claims that on 3 November 2017, the duke said there are “too many people in the world”, presented as a quote. I’m in Did the duke say there are “too many people in the world”? You can help us take action – and get our regular free email
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