“The low fertility rate, which has persisted for about three decades, will continue to contribute to low birth rates, especially in the context of the systematic decline in the number of women of reproductive age,” wrote the agency. “This trend is further exacerbated by the persistently high level of emigration abroad.”
That is tangential to the idea of immigration.
If anything immigration helps with degrowth as younger people can be introduced into a society without needing to raise the global population.
Fully agree. It’s a buffer to make a return to sustainable more practical, but the goal is a lower population.
For the record my frame of view is the planet and all life on it.