Legitimately not trolling here, trying to understand. How is it that the high-IQ HN zeitgeist centers on the contradictory positions of "climate change is an e

Legitimately not trolling here, trying to understand. How is it that the high-IQ HN zeitgeist centers on the contradictory positions of "climate change is an existential threat" and "we must expend more resources and build more housing"? Seems like reducing population in high-carbon-footprint countries is the obvious solution to both problems. What am I missing, here?