I wouldn’t have thought you need to have a degree from the LSE to realise that the most effective way to reduce global CO2 emissions is to reduce the population. However that is what they have just stated in a new report (Fewer Emitters, Lower Emissions, Less Cost):
It’s always been obvious that total emissions depend on the number of emitters as well as their individual emissions – the carbon tonnage can’t shoot down as we want, while the population keeps shooting up.
This is the first time I can recall seeing someone “in authority” state what is blindingly obvious. According to the report, 40% of all pregnancies are unintended and every $7 spent on family planning over the next four decades would reduce global CO2 emissions by more than a ton, where a minimum of $32 would have to be spent on low-carbon technologies to achieve the same result.
Now let’s see the western governments finally take some sensible action on global warming for a change and ramp up aid programs for contraception and family planning in the countries with rapid population growth.
