Drawing by Michael Parkin for the Washington Post

Is a smaller population necessary for curbing climate change? Not necessarily. A small minority of wealthy people produce the majority of global greenhouse gas emissions, and their consumption habits have a much greater impact than overall population numbers. Read more in this article in the Washington Post, featuring Prof. Anu Ramaswami.

For further discussion on population, listen to this conversation about what declining birth rates might mean for the environment, gender equity, and the national economy, with Anu Ramaswami, Sarah Jane Glynn, and Philip Levine on Southern California Public Radio.