SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt -- The world is getting hotter and more crowded and the two issues are connected, but not quite as much as people might think, experts say.On Tuesday,...
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt -- The world is getting hotter and more crowded and the two issues are connected, but not quite as much as people might think, experts say.
And because of that the eight billionth child born will “not have what we had ... because there’s not enough resources,” she said. “The question is not about population but rather about consumption patterns," said climate scientist Bill Hare of Climate Analytics."So it’s best to look at the major northern emitters to begin with.”
Hare said there is more than a tinge of racism in the myth that overpopulation is the major issue behind climate change. And even within countries, it’s the wealthiest who cause more of the carbon pollution, Hare said. Overall, he said, “80 percent of the population, the global population, emits a small fraction of emissions.”
Worldwide population growth has substantially slowed, will likely peak sometime this century, and is now down to growing less than one percent a year, Rose said. But carbon emissions are growing faster, at one percent more this year than 2021.
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