though climate change is a crisis, the population threat is even worse | stephen emmott /

While the Paris climate summit focuses on global warming,the key issue is the prospect of 10 billion people on EarthThe perennial yowl: we need to talk about climate change. And this week, with world leaders in Paris, or we have been. But only up to a point. For the likely impact of the rising global population is nearly entirely absent,not only from the debate about climate change, but also from that about loss of biological diversity, or food and water security,disease, pollution and energy. Related: There’s plenty more space for humanity on this ‘tiny’ island | Zoe Williams Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com