Climate change could mean the extinction of our species

[MrFanti]

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/

[filghy2]

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/

[Stavros]

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/

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

[Ben]

[filghy2]

It's happening already. There's a bunch of recent cases where tourists in Greece have died while walking in very hot conditions, most notably Michael Mosley.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ar...and-near-corfu

[filghy2]

More on the dangers of excessive heat
https://www.vox.com/climate/354977/h...rature-climate

[Ben]

This is a big problem:
Climate change deniers make up nearly a quarter of US Congress:
Climate change deniers make up nearly a quarter of US Congress | US Congress | The Guardian

[Stavros]

On the one hand there has been negative attitudes to Nuclear Fusion, that it always seems to be 30 years away from becoming the energy revolution that will halt the worst aspects of Climate Change, and propel humankind into a new future...

Is the dream of nuclear fusion dead? Why the international experimental reactor is in ‘big trouble’ | Energy | The Guardian

On the other hand, it is also being claimed that the uses of what we currently know about and can use in Nuclear Fusion research has positive applications, though it doesn't seem to be directly connected to climate change issues. I think the key might be the investment promising returns, if profit is the key driver of the research, thus

Fusion power might be 30 years away but we will reap its benefits well before | Physics | The Guardian

[Ben]

Climate Crisis Is the Defining Issue of Our Time. Where Was It at the Debate?
Climate Crisis Is the Defining Issue of Our Time. Where Was It at the Debate? | Truthout

[MrFanti]

This is a big problem:
Climate change deniers make up nearly a quarter of US Congress:
Climate change deniers make up nearly a quarter of US Congress | US Congress | The Guardian

And there's $$$ in climate change solutions as well. Those folks are getting rich off clean energy just as the fossil fuel folks.