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Population growth, environmental degradation and climate change. More than a third of 50 recently surveyed Nobel laureates cited “population rise / environmental degradation” as the biggest...
Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water.
The centrality of the human population in the environmental and climate system and the urgency of tackling climate change mark the importance of demography at this present time of climate crisis. Significant advances have been made in understanding human impact on the environment and global climate.
1 Ιαν 2013 · The impact of human population growth on the environment represents the major challenge of our time. This chapter reviews demographic change over the last century, set in historical context, and different perspectives on population-environment interactions.
11 Νοε 2016 · Generally, theoretical and empirical works aiming at exploring the relationship between population and the environment are based on discussing four trends: population dynamics, environmental dynamics, the effects of population on the environment, and the impact of environment on population.
Rapid world population growth and global environmental change are two of the great concerns of our age, and for many people they are closely linked. In this chapter we examine those links.
An increasing population challenges our ability both to live sustainably as a species and mitigate human-driven climate change. Given the challenges aggravated by population growth, it is logical to assume that reducing the population size could help address these environmental concerns.
