An Introduction to Population and Climate Change

This course will introduce some of the main links between population growth and climate change. After a brief introduction to historical and current global population trends, the course will explore the ways climate change will likely affect different populations around the world, with a focus on the regions that are projected to grow the fastest over the next 50-100 years. The session will end with an open-ended discussion about the potential social and environmental benefits of slowing population growth.

Readings

Recommended

• Population and Climate Change: What Are the Links? – Population Connection

Suggested

• Sector Summary: Health and Education — The Drawdown Review 2020
• The 10 Countries Most Vulnerable to Climate Change Will Experience Population Booms in the Coming Decades — Time
• Why Climate Change and Poverty Are Inextricably Linked — Global Citizen
• The Guardian view on population growth: a small planet needs big solutions — The Guardian
• Population, climate change and inequality — The Guardian