Smaller human population in 2100 could importantly reduce the risk of climate catastrophe

2015/04/06 by Dean Spears · 2 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Energy · #Climate Change Policy and Economics #Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies #Global Energy and Sustainability Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.1073/pnas.1501763112

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Abstract

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the biological, physical, and social sciences.

Citations

• An adaptability limit to climate change due to heat stress

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• The Environmental Impacts of Overpopulation
• Human population planning [wikipedia]

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