We need to talk about … Population and climate change

In this monthly podcast, Guardian supporters ask the questions and a Guardian panel try to provide the answers. This episode focuses on whether people should be having fewer children for the sake of the planet – and if so, how that societal change might happenIf we want to fight climate change should we have fewer children – or should we be focusing more on reducing consumption? Is the answer different depending on where you live in the world? And in any case, how might we make people and politicians engage with this issue?Those are just some of the questions Guardian supporters asked deputy membership editor Vicky Frost to put to our panel in this edition of We Need to Talk About. She is joined by Damian Carrington, the Guardian’s environment editor; Lucy Lamble, the Guardian’s executive editor for global development; John Vidal, the multi-award winning former Guardian environment editor; and Afua Hirsch, a writer and broadcaster for the Guardian and Sky News among others, who has also worked in international development and the law. Continue reading...