Population has been a red flag topic in the environmental community, for decades at least. One issue is the typical inverse relationship between population grow

Population has been a red flag topic in the environmental community, for decades at least. One issue is the typical inverse relationship between population growth rate and per capita resource usage. Plus the fact that population growth rate tends to drop with increasing economic development, particularly increased educational opportunities for women. So it tends to self correct, over time. Still, the overshoot is problematic.