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George Monbiot | |||
Review of Planet of the Humans | |||
Let us look at Our World in Data and population growth | |||
'''''Thread''''' | |||
May 7, 2020 | |||
Via The Guardian / by George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot | |||
* https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/07/michael-moore-far-right-climate-crisis-deniers-film-environment-falsehoods | |||
''First, the headline figures. Global population growth today is 1.05%. That’s half the peak growth rate, reached in 1963 (2.2%). | |||
In other words, population growth is not, as many claim, exponential. The rate is falling rapidly. By contrast, until the pandemic, global economic growth had been hovering around 3% for several years, and was expected to stay there. In other words, it *was* exponential.'' | |||
''After the (coronavirus) lockdowns, governments will do everything they can to get it back on track.'' | |||
* https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/1258352814520139779 | |||
* https://mobile.twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/1258365637451288578 | |||
* https://mobile.twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/1258365030552215552 | |||
"As Our World in Data notes, “Even several billion additional people in low-income countries … would leave global emissions almost unchanged. 3 or 4 billion low income individuals would only account for a few percent of global CO2" | |||
* https://ourworldindata.org/co2-by-income-region | |||
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[[Category:Atmospheric Science]] | |||
[[Category:Climate Change]] | |||
[[Category:Green Graphics]] | |||
[[Category:Fossil Fuels]] | |||
[[Category:Population]] | |||
[[Category:Renewable Energy]] |
Revision as of 17:18, 7 May 2020
George Monbiot
Review of Planet of the Humans
Let us look at Our World in Data and population growth
Thread
May 7, 2020
Via The Guardian / by George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot
First, the headline figures. Global population growth today is 1.05%. That’s half the peak growth rate, reached in 1963 (2.2%).
In other words, population growth is not, as many claim, exponential. The rate is falling rapidly. By contrast, until the pandemic, global economic growth had been hovering around 3% for several years, and was expected to stay there. In other words, it *was* exponential.
After the (coronavirus) lockdowns, governments will do everything they can to get it back on track.
"As Our World in Data notes, “Even several billion additional people in low-income countries … would leave global emissions almost unchanged. 3 or 4 billion low income individuals would only account for a few percent of global CO2"
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