Re:The World Has (Probably) Passed Peak Pollution
by TheCoelacanth on Friday May 10, 2024 @03:02AM
(#40316135)
I think you're looking at peak population, while they are talking about peak number of children. According to some reports, the number of children has already peaked[1]. The remaining growth is just momentum from past births.
[1] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-13/earths-population-rea...
Re:The World Has (Probably) Passed Peak Pollution
by Dylan16807 on Friday May 10, 2024 @05:49PM
(#40324115)
You think they're doing the thing they explicitly stated they were doing?
Re:The World Has (Probably) Passed Peak Pollution
by missedthecue on Friday May 10, 2024 @04:23PM
(#40323427)
People live for 80-100 years, so the population will gradually tick up. But once the very top-heavy global population pyramid begins to die off, things get extremely ugly, extremely quickly. In our lifetimes, we are going to see a horrific amount of elder poverty.
Of course a lot of this is just delayed by higher life expectancies. Aging populations will require major social reforms in our lifetime, and I don't think society is really prepared
1: https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.deve...