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We don't talk about birth control much because: (1) the majority of CO2 emission is happening in North America, China, Europe, and industrial part of Asia, non
by yongjik 5y ago
We don't talk about birth control much because:
(1) the majority of CO2 emission is happening in North America, China, Europe, and industrial part of Asia, none of which exhibits high birth rate.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-co-emissions-by-region https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-co-emissions-by-re...
(2) Birth control is already being tackled with in developing countries. It's just not being talked much in the context of global warming, because (1).
(3) Talking about population when the majority of CO2 is emitted by a small number of wealthy countries (with low birthrate) seems like focusing on the wrong thing. Especially since almost all arguing about it online are living in one of those wealthy countries. Yes, it would be really convenient for me if climate problem could be solved by telling Africans to get their shit together, but it's not happening that way.
- megablast 5y agoHow is birth rate being tackled?? Yes, it’s dropping, but not because of any active effort to drop it.
- andrewljohnson 5y agoChina?
- yongjik 5y agoLike this? https://www.gatesfoundation.org/our-work/programs/global-development/family-planning https://www.gatesfoundation.org/our-work/programs/global-dev... I mean, if you're saying "We should do more," then I wholeheartedly agree. I just don't think it will make a meaningful dent on CO2 emission in the short to mid term.