Question

1. From now until 2050, the human population is expected to grow bigger, more slowly, older, and more urban. Of these four factors, which do you think will have the biggest effect on the climate or environment?

2. In the U.S., more and more people are living alone in their own homes and buying their own cars instead of living with family or carpooling. How can materialism and capitalism impact climate or environment?

3. The author proposes three lines of action to reduce both poverty and global greenhouse gas emissions: universal secondary education, voluntary contraception, and maternal health services, and smarter urban design and construction. Of these three, which do you think will have the greatest impact and why? Alternatively, suggest a different line of action and explain why you chose that.

4. Demographic factors (household size, city size, population density), institutional and economic factors (availability of public transport at reasonable cost/convenience), and a host of behavioral factors (propensity to walk, bike, carpool, or drive solo to work) can influence a person’s carbon footprint. Think about your personal carbon footprint. What do you think is your number one contributing factor to CO₂emissions? What is one way that you think you could reasonably reduce your carbon footprint?

Answer 1

1. The More Urban population is going to affect the climate and environment on a larger scale and it is due to the use of a vast amount of energies that are going to affect the world.

2. The rise of huge materialism is the main reason that affects climate change because people are using the resources at an alarming level which is severely affecting the environment and nature. And the problem of the world has a greater concern due to the rise of materialism in developed and developing countries.

3. Universal secondary education would have a larger impact on the world and helps to solve the various problems in the world such as poverty, climate change and other conflicts present in the world.

4. Demographic factors have a larger role in contributing factors to the CO2 emissions because of the vast use of materials and this will differently increase the CO2 emission and able to increase carbon footprints.

It can be done by simple living and closeness to nature and most importantly, by the reduction of materials on a larger scale.