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Coolabah 2009
Climatic Change and Humanity: A Permanent Conflict?Keywords: Climate change , demography , energetic resources Abstract: Climate change has occurred, whether due to human activity or not, throughout the history of the Earthto a greater or lesser traumatic degree. We must use our great technological capacity to prevent its effects so asnot to allow the change to lead to a catastrophe.The real problem derives from a social and consumeristic model which, given the current energy resources, cannot be made sustainable for the world population. Demographic control, hand in hand with research into and theuse of new energy models are absolutely necessary if we are to avoid a final catastrophe.
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