Population growth or decline will have little impact on climate change | It'll be too slow and too late for the timeframes that we need to decarbonise.
https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/population-growth-decline-climate
https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/population-growth-decline-climate
6 Comments
Deflated0ne@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
We're locked in now. Blew past red lines decades ahead of schedule. Damage done. We're in the shit now.
Enkers@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 1y
While it's true we are in the shit, making changes now can still dramatically effect the severity of the shit we're in.
Deflated0ne@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
And that would be amazing. It would save millions of lives. Prevent a few wars. But do you really expect the businesses responsible for the lions share of damage to (for the first time ever) prioritize lives above profit?
Enkers@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
I expect them to prioritize profits, but we can still fight them in the courts, and in the streets, and in peoples' minds and hearts.
LilB0kChoy@piefed.social · 2 pts · 1y
Would depopulation not have a knock on effect though (not enough for sure) or is that accounted for?
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
They're just happening on different timescales