OPINION: Population growth plays a role in environmental damage and climate change. The population would respond to greater wellbeing by having more children, increasing population growth and eventually over-running the food supply, leading to famine. The implication of these treatises on the perils of population growth suggest population control is an important measure to limit carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and global climate change. Chris Barbalis/Unsplash Addressing climate change through reducing population growth raises difficult moral questions. Population declines in some countriesPublic policy initiatives to control population growth are probably not even necessary.

Source: Stuff January 25, 2021 02:44 UTC