More than 11,000 scientists from around the world have declared a "climate emergency".

More than 11,000 scientists from around the world have declared a "climate emergency" — and they say the Earth needs fewer people to beat the crisis.

The stark warning in the journal BioScience was published alongside a wide range of data that lays out a devastating trend for our planet's health, from ice loss to a rise in extreme weather.

Their solutions include dumping fossil fuels for renewable energy and, more controversially, population control: https://www.msgp.pl/2jV8vtw

Those changes won't be easy. A new report shows India, the U.S and China saw big rises in greenhouse gas emissions last year due to booming energy consumption dominated by fossil fuels. https://www.msgp.pl/AQ6H6Ww

6 November 2019

BIOSCIENCE

(from BLOOMBERG)