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1. CLAIM: Make a claim about whether global population is the greatest threat to global sustainability. 1pt While global population does play a role in global sustainability, it is not the greatest threat to global sustainability. 2. REASON: Give a reason for your claim. 1 pt It is not a growing population that is the problem, it is the total consumption done by a population, whether its growing or not. 3. EVIDENCE and WARRANT: Provide two pieces of evidence for your claim, including the contexts (warrants) that explain how that evidence is proof of the reason and claim. Assume the reader has not read everything you have. 2pts 1. Evidence 1: The places that are increasing in population, are not the places that have the highest consumption of fossil fuels, which is a major threat of global sustainability. As Dr. Joel Finnis, Associate Professor of Geography at MUN, states, “Where the population is growing right now, the average consumption rate in those countries is much smaller as they are living a more sustainable lifestyle and haven’t benefited from past consumption of fossil fuels” (Forecast NL, 2021), such as more developed countries have. 2. Evidence 2: Increases in industrialism, fuel consumption and e-waste are major threats to global sustainability. The developed nations (ex: Canada and the United States) simply have more access to the fuel and the e- waste that industrialism produces. 4. CLAIM: Make a claim about the relationship between population and carbon inequity. 1 pt. There is a relationship between population and carbon inequity. 5. REASON: Give a reason for your claim. 1 pt. a small portion of the global population is responsible for a significant portion of cumulative emissions, resulting in a highly unequal distribution of carbon emissions.

6. EVIDENCE and WARRANT: Provide two pieces of evidence for your claim, including the contexts (warrants) that explain how that evidence is proof of the reason and claim. Assume the reader has not read everything you have. 2pts 1. Evidence 1: onsumption and carbon emissions tend to be higher in wealthy individuals and nations than in less developed nations and individuals. he richest 10% of the world’s population (c.630 million people) were responsible for 52% of the cumulative carbon emissions, while the poorest 50% (c.3.1 billion people) were responsible for just 7% of cumulative emissions (Gore, 2020-carbon inequity reading). 2. Evidence 2: The carbon footprint left behind since the beginning of “fossil finance” is currently contributing to the climate crisis. Fossil fuels account for more than 75% of greenhouse gas emissions globally, and almost 90% of carbon dioxide emissions (Shoemaker,2023). These effect are harming the present day population by causing deaths due to increases air pollution (1-in-5 deaths) and putting pressure on them to fix it. 1. CLAIM: Make a claim about how the overpopulation myth (the idea that global population is a great threat to the global environment) is an issue of inequity. One way to think of inequity is as the unfair distribution of unevenness (thinking back to the unit on unevenness and scale). 1pt The overpopulation myth is an issue of inequity based on the unevenness of blame. REASON: Give a reason for your claim. 1pt The overpopulation myth creates a unfair distribution of blame for climate crisis on populations of lower status and higher growth. EVIDENCE and WARRANT: Provide two pieces of evidence for your claim, including the contexts (warrants) that explain how that evidence is proof of the reason and claim. Assume the reader has not read everything you have. 2pts 1. Evidence 1: current population establishment s over-reliant on long- acting reversible contraception (LARC) 2. Evidence 2: These solutions can be superficial, let the biggest polluters off the hook, and further

exacerbate inequalities. As do “solutions” stemming from privatization of land and water which deepen inequalities by benefiting corporations instead of small-scale farmers. We call for a social justice approach to supporting people and the planet Liboiron, Max. (2014). Against Awareness, for Scale: Garbage is infrastructure, not behaviour . Discard Studies Blog. https://discardstudies.com/2014/01/23/against-awareness-for-scale-garbage-is- infrastructure-not-behavior/

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