Earth Needs Fewer People to Beat the Climate Crisis, Scientists Say

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More than 11,000 experts from all over the world gathered to ask for solutions to the “climate emergency” that comes to us, including population control.
The future is bleak. This is what more than 11,000 scientists see in an article in which they warn of the suffering that life on Earth can face if immediate measures are not taken to try to mitigate the climate crisis. “An immense increase in scale is needed in efforts to conserve our biosphere,” they comment. The article, published in the Bioscience journal and signed by over 11,258 scientific researchers from 153 different countries, commemorates the forty years of the first World Climate Conference in Geneva in 1979. It also highlights the few triumphs that have been achieved since then to reverse a situation which, at that point, had already been called “alarming”.
Although they emphasize that progress has since been made in historical summits such as Rio (1992), Kyoto (1997) and Paris (2015), the researchers point out that: “Emissions continue to increase rapidly, with increasingly damaging effects on the Earth’s climate” . In this regard, experts underline in this publication that “the climate crisis is closely linked to the excessive consumption of the lifestyle of rich countries”, which they consider “the main culprit of historical greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions” “Despite 40 years of global climate negotiations, with a few exceptions, we have generally conducted business as usual and have largely failed to resolve this situation,” they appreciate. “The climate crisis has arrived and is accelerating faster than many scientists expected. It is more serious than expected, it threatens natural ecosystems and the fate of humanity “. The thousands of scientists who signed this report also ask for changes in ways of living in order to guarantee a dignified future. “As an alliance of scientists around the world, we are ready to assist decision makers in a just transition to a sustainable and fair future.” “We urge the widespread use of vital signs, which will allow policy makers, the private sector and the public to better understand the extent of this crisis, track progress and realign priorities to alleviate climate change,” he said. the group of scientists. The report, however, comes a day after U.S. President Donald Trump began America’s formal withdrawal procedure from the Paris climate deal. This attitude of the Trump administration will not bring hopes for a better future.