The UN projects that the global population increases from a population of 7.7 billion in 2019 to 11.2 billion by the end of the century. [1]
> but stopping it faster either requires severely authoritarian measures or increasing economic safety, which counters the benefits.
Sounds like you really don't want to consider this solution at all, because you feel it can only be accomplished by a decree that would be constraining people's liberty?
Have you considered the possibility that some people might want to contribute more to sustainability of their own free will?
For each American couple who reads this post and decides to have one less baby, over the next 79 years the world will be spared from 1,562 metric tonnes (1,722 tons) of C02 emissions. [2, 3]
> And reducing birth rates too fast sets us up for disaster too.
Are you saying humans aren't capable of living with zero population growth? If that's what you are saying, could you explain the nature of the difficulties you project?
The UN projects that the global population increases from a population of 7.7 billion in 2019 to 11.2 billion by the end of the century. [1]
> but stopping it faster either requires severely authoritarian measures or increasing economic safety, which counters the benefits.
Sounds like you really don't want to consider this solution at all, because you feel it can only be accomplished by a decree that would be constraining people's liberty?
Have you considered the possibility that some people might want to contribute more to sustainability of their own free will?
For each American couple who reads this post and decides to have one less baby, over the next 79 years the world will be spared from 1,562 metric tonnes (1,722 tons) of C02 emissions. [2, 3]
> And reducing birth rates too fast sets us up for disaster too.
Are you saying humans aren't capable of living with zero population growth? If that's what you are saying, could you explain the nature of the difficulties you project?
[1] https://ourworldindata.org/future-population-growth
[2] https://slightlyunconventional.com/much-co2-average-person-c...
[3] https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/life...