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Climate explained: Why we need to focus on increased consumption as much as population growth
theconversation.com

Climate explained: Why we need to focus on increased consumption as much as population growth

It is easy for people in the industrialised world to blame population growth elsewhere for environmental damage. But increased consumption is just as important – if more confronting.
Michael Petterson: How growth in population and consumption drives planetary change
theconversation.com

Michael Petterson: How growth in population and consumption drives planetary change

Discussions about climate change often skirt around the issue of population growth, but it is the main driver of rising carbon dioxide levels and many other environmental changes on a planetary scale.
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