Stabilise Population:
The total resource use of a country will increase when either the number of people living in the country increases or the amount that each of these people consumes increases. To achieve a steady state economy it is therefore necessary to stabilise — not just per capita resource use — but also
population numbers.
How? To stabilise population the government should develop adopt and implement a non-coercive population stabilisation policy. This policy should aim to balance immigration and emigration and promote incentives to limit family size to
two or fewer children. Moreover population issues should be added to the job description of a minister to assess the effects of population growth and recommend other potential stabilisation measures.
To stabilise population globally we should support policies that provide education access to birth control and equal rights for women everywhere.