Do we need to talk about population and justice? Climate change, as terrifying a threat to future generations as you could find, is partly the result of growing human numbers, along with consumption and the lack of sufficient technology to turn one planet into the 1.6 we’re pretending we have. That’s just the IPAT equation: Environmental Impact = Population x Affluence x Technology. Moreover, those human numbers – 7.3bn in 2015 – are predicted to go a long way up before stabilising: to 9.7bn by 2050, and 11.2bn by 2100.
Monthly Archives: July 2016
Report from Political Theory Reading Group 2015/16
Political Theory Reading Group
Over the past academic year, some of the staff and students working in political theory have held a regular reading group, initiated by Mihaela Mihai. Continue reading