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How do Recent Population Trends Matter to Climate Change? / Leiwen Jiang and Karen Hardee. Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 30, N° 2, 2011, 287-312, DOI: 10.1007/s11113-010-9189-7http://www.springerlink.com/content/62782358608871j1/Although integrated assessment models (IAM) of the Intergovernmental  Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) consider population as             one of the root causes of greenhouse gas emissions, how  population dynamics affect climate change is still under debate.  Population             is rarely mentioned in policy debates on climate change.  Studies in the past decade have added significantly to understanding             the mechanisms and complexity of population and climate  interactions. In addition to the growth of total population size,             research shows that changes in population composition (i.e.  age, urban–rural residence, and household structure) generate             substantial effects on the climate system. Moreover, studies  by the impact, vulnerability and adaptation (IAV) community also             reveal that population dynamics are critical in the near  term for building climate change resilience and within adaptation             strategies. This paper explores how global population  dynamics affect carbon emissions and climate systems, how recent  demographic             trends matter to worldwide efforts to adapt to climate  change, and how population policies could make differences for climate             change mitigation and adaptation. (© Springer)