Population growth drives climate change through increased consumption

Evidence

At the global level, the earth’s temperature rise is linked to the number of people (Meyerson, 1998). However, in some quarters and media accounts that thrive on controversy, the emerging alarm over the rise in heat-trapping emissions is peculiarly disembodied from the growing multitude of consumers as a problem requiring attention. More people consuming more resources produce more environmental damage and generate more greenhouse gas emissions. This relationship underscores the influential role played by population growth in climate change. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2716