Newsletter Image by Martin Redlin from Pixabay What does a global population of 8 billion mean for the climate crisis? The United Nations has said that population growth and GDP per capita remain the “strongest drivers” of greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels in the past decade.
NewsletterMike Mozart/Flickr Earth at 8 billion: Consumption not crowd is key to climate The world is getting hotter and more crowded and the two issues are connected, but not quite as much as people might think, experts say.
Solutions www.bloomberg.com How to tell if cities are underestimating emissions Greenhouse gas emissions may be worse than we thought. But figuring out the right way to calculate them is complicated.
