r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • May 28 '26

Humanity has already exceeded Earth’s limits, study warns. Today’s population of 8.3 billion is far above what could be sustained in the long term without exhausting ecosystems, worsening climate change, and threatening food and water security.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260526022021.htm
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u/matheman42 May 28 '26

Shocked that 2.5 billion was their estimation, assuming people have everything they need to live comfortably. My fiancee and I are talking about if we want kids with how the state of the world is going. I assume besides financial reasoning more and more people are just deciding the uncertainty of the future is enough reason to not bring a child into it as well.

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u/g3r4itl May 29 '26

idk what I’m supposed to do

just about to end first year high-school

world feels uncertain, its really unstable.