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Even those that believe in climate change seem to have a problem with naming overpopulation as a principle cause of the problem.

• tonyedgecombe 7y ago
  Because you can't reduce your population by any acceptable method and birth rates are below replacement levels in most parts of the world anyway.
  • vidarh 7y ago
    And indeed addressing birth rates takes too long to have a large enough effect on the population to resolve the climate crisis even if we could at this point.
  • collyw 7y ago
    Doesn't stop you naming the problem. If everyone thinks that cutting a straw out is going to solve the problem, then the problem will go unsolved. Regarding below replacement birth rates - the world population is still growing. The fact this is happening suggests that "most parts of the world" as you say do not have below replacement birth levels.
    • tonyedgecombe 7y ago
      Your comment seems as much of a distraction as the demands to cut out straws. Most of the population growth is through ageing, you can have a below replacement level birth rate and expanding population if people live longer. Not only this but the places that are still growing their population have negligible emissions compared to the developed world.
      • collyw 7y ago
        Most of the population growth is from less developed countries breeding like rabbits for want of a better term. And these low emissions countries all want to live like more developed countries. China and India don't have "negligible" emissions.