The potential environmental impacts of EU immigration policy: future population numbers, greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity preservation

This article clarifies the potential environmental impacts of more or less expansive EU immigration policies. First, we project the demographic impacts of different immigration policy scenarios on future population numbers, finding that relatively small annual differences in immigration levels lead...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:561ada348bdf4a0ea303238f2fadbe442021-12-02T15:28:21ZThe potential environmental impacts of EU immigration policy: future population numbers, greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity preservation2398-54882398-5496https://doaj.org/article/561ada348bdf4a0ea303238f2fadbe442019-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://whp-journals.co.uk/JPS/article/view/644https://doaj.org/toc/2398-5488https://doaj.org/toc/2398-5496 This article clarifies the potential environmental impacts of more or less expansive EU immigration policies. First, we project the demographic impacts of different immigration policy scenarios on future population numbers, finding that relatively small annual differences in immigration levels lead to large differences in future population numbers, both nationally and region-wide. Second, we analyze the potential impacts of future population numbers on two key environmental goals: reducing the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions and preserving its biodiversity. We find that in both cases, smaller populations make success in these endeavors more likely – though only in conjunction with comprehensive policy changes which lock in the environmental benefits of smaller populations. Reducing immigration in order to stabilize or reduce populations thus can help EU nations create ecologically sustainable societies, while increasing immigration will tend to move them further away from this goal. Philip CafaroFrank GötmarkThe White Horse PressarticleimmigrationpopulationEuropean Unioncarbon emissionsbiodiversity protectionEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350Demography. Population. Vital eventsHB848-3697ENThe Journal of Population and Sustainability, Vol 4, Iss 1 (2019)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
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topic immigration
population
European Union
carbon emissions
biodiversity protection
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Demography. Population. Vital events
HB848-3697
spellingShingle immigration
population
European Union
carbon emissions
biodiversity protection
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Demography. Population. Vital events
HB848-3697
Philip Cafaro
Frank Götmark
The potential environmental impacts of EU immigration policy: future population numbers, greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity preservation
description This article clarifies the potential environmental impacts of more or less expansive EU immigration policies. First, we project the demographic impacts of different immigration policy scenarios on future population numbers, finding that relatively small annual differences in immigration levels lead to large differences in future population numbers, both nationally and region-wide. Second, we analyze the potential impacts of future population numbers on two key environmental goals: reducing the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions and preserving its biodiversity. We find that in both cases, smaller populations make success in these endeavors more likely – though only in conjunction with comprehensive policy changes which lock in the environmental benefits of smaller populations. Reducing immigration in order to stabilize or reduce populations thus can help EU nations create ecologically sustainable societies, while increasing immigration will tend to move them further away from this goal.
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