25th November 2009, 03:01 PM
I think the population will reduce as the climate changes. The human race can do very little to influence population stability as people will feel that their human rights are being infringed. In fact come to think of it richer nations are the ones who consume most but generally have the lowest birth rates and poorer countries have higher birth rates but generally consume less. You can bet if we set out to limit population size we would insist that poorer countries cut their birth rates but in fact that would have little effect on overall consumption.