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OKIsItJustMe

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2. Overpopulation (and we are overpopulated) is just one part of the problem
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 02:31 PM
Jun 10

As i’ve said before, if the goal is to eliminate carbon emissions by 2050, population control won’t accomplish that goal (not even close.)

If the goal is survival, cutting emissions is only one of several challenges we face:

https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/planetary-boundaries.html

The 2025 update to the Planetary boundaries. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. Credit: "Azote for Stockholm Resilience Centre, based on analysis in Sakschewski and Caesar et al. 2025".

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