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by 11235813213455 2381 days ago
There is research that found the massive local population extinction after America conquest was linked to the planet cooling in that period, so I'm quite sure reducing human population either literally (by limiting growth) or virtually (by reducing consumerism/consumption, which is the key for limiting pollution) or both! will help a lot

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47063973

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Genociding multiple continents isn't exactly a model I want to follow. "Population control" will continue to be Nazi-speak as long as it applies primarily to post-colonial countries, which while having high birth rates, also contributed minimally to CO2 emissions.
birth-control should be globally enforced nowadays (don't know how, but it just must be since the vast majority of people have an environmental footprint way too big), as the state of environmental problems is serious. Along with other levers to ease this climate crisis