Overpopulation Is Still a Huge Problem: An Interview with Jane O’Sullivan
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2...ane-osullivan/
THE OVERPOPULATION PROJECT
https://mahb.stanford.edu/breaking-n...ation-project/
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Overpopulation Is Still a Huge Problem: An Interview with Jane O’Sullivan
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2...ane-osullivan/
THE OVERPOPULATION PROJECT
https://mahb.stanford.edu/breaking-n...ation-project/
Are you endorsing their policy ideas, or is this another link you didn't bother to read past the heading? They seem to think it's not just about population. https://mahb.stanford.edu/ideas-for-action/
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The Overpopulation project is a neo-Malthusian organization. The link below offers a different perspective, though the author is, I believe, wrong to cite sources that claim the world's population will be c12 billion by 2100, as most demographers believe the world's population will peak at c10 billion, and that there will be a gradual decline from 2050 onwards.
That said, he makes a telling point, which is of some importance given the position in the US where Trump and his backers are opposed to family planning and the empowerment of women, thus-
"The first way to look at population is as a pure numbers game. More people means more consumers and more emitters, so the thing to do is slow the rise of population. Specifically, since most of the new people are going to come from poor or developing countries, the question is specifically how to slow population growth there.Luckily, we know the answer. It is family planning that enables women to have only children they want and choose, and education of girls, giving them access to income opportunities outside the home. We know that women, given the resources and the choice, will opt for smaller families.
Those are the two most powerful levers to bend the population curve. They are also, in and of themselves, an enormously powerful climate policy. When Paul Hawken and his team investigated and ranked carbon-reduction solutions for their Drawdown project, they found that the combination of the two (call it the female-empowerment package) carried the most potential to reduce greenhouse gases later this century, out of any solution. (Together they could prevent 120 gigatons of GHGs by 2050 — more than on- and offshore wind combined.)"
I’m an environmental journalist, but I never write about overpopulation. Here’s why. - Vox
This is behind a paywall but looks interesting-
Meet the New Population-Control Movement - The Atlantic