The new IPCC report on climate change mitigation regards population growth as one of the two main drivers of increasing greenhouse emissions (along with economic growth). This is stated both in the 2700-page main report and in the 142-page Technical Summary. Curiously, though, it's not mentioned in the 62-page Summary for Policymakers, which is the only thing 99% of laypeople like you and me ever read.
Why not? Because although the main report and the Technical Summary are written by actual climate scientists, politicians had a hand in fashioning the Summary for Policymakers. That's where the word InterGOVERNMENTal comes in. Get it? Politicians simply can't be seen 'blaming the poor' (and probably the African poor in particular) for even a smidgeon of the problem.
https://overpopulation-project.com/population-in-the-ipccs-new-mitigation-report/
