[vote comment, very shallow take waiting for train] Moderate depopulation isn’t bad, at least not right now. The limiting factor on climate change is more likely political will / willingness to make financial sacrifices, not a lack of people in 25-30 years to propose and execute new ideas. Lowering the percentage of the population that consists of productive workers (and thus increasing pressure on those workers) seems likely to increase resistance to making the economic sacrifices necessary for addressing climate change.
On the flip side, I would assume that the persistence of reduced fertility rates is the result of the continuance of the factors that led to them in the first place, rather than an irreversible consequence of rates dipping below replacement value. Therefore, it seems this issue can be deferred until we see improvement on climate.
[vote comment, very shallow take waiting for train] Moderate depopulation isn’t bad, at least not right now. The limiting factor on climate change is more likely political will / willingness to make financial sacrifices, not a lack of people in 25-30 years to propose and execute new ideas. Lowering the percentage of the population that consists of productive workers (and thus increasing pressure on those workers) seems likely to increase resistance to making the economic sacrifices necessary for addressing climate change.
On the flip side, I would assume that the persistence of reduced fertility rates is the result of the continuance of the factors that led to them in the first place, rather than an irreversible consequence of rates dipping below replacement value. Therefore, it seems this issue can be deferred until we see improvement on climate.