The Population-Climate Change Link: Opportunity and Danger
The debate about population growth and climate change is heating up. First, researchers at Oregon State University showed that having fewer children is among the best ways for Americans to limit their carbon footprint. Then the UK’s Optimum Population Trust (OPT) came out with a report claiming that contraception is five times cheaper than conventional green technologies as a means of combating climate change. The new attention to population growth and climate change presents an opportunity—and also a danger. On the opportunity side, it could generate new support for family ...More