8 billion people: How it will affect the climate, using math

Inspiration

I heard a lot about CO2 emission, and me, as a young and enthusiastic mathematician wanted to show how it could be explained by math models. I am going to do whatever, just to impact to sustainable goals. Now I try to solve 13th sustainable goal - climate action, using little calculus.

What it does

I made a research, which predict population in India for this century. I chose India because our planet has recently reached the population mark of 8 billion people, and also because it is the most populous country in the world. The growth of the Earth's population is very related to global warming, as well as other environmental problems. The equation I = PAT emphasizes the essential role of population in climate.

How we built it

To predict the growth of the Earth's population, a logistic equation was chosen, also known as the Verhulst equation, he improved the Malthus exponential growth model, and received the result:

Challenges we ran into

I learned python libraries, such as Maplotlib and Math.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I have done very good research in the field of mathematics related to demography, which has always attracted me. I combined mathematics with ecology through population growth forecasts. I am proud that I am moving in the direction that I have always dreamed of - I am trying to solve the goals set by the UN. I am especially proud of the completeness of my research, I used the help of the python language and did a great job with the sources. Also, I used method of forecasting of population in long-term with the best accuracy.

What we learned

I learned Malthus and logistic model of growing population and other stuff.

What's next for 8 billion people: How it will affect the climate, using math

I will try to apply physics method to get results with much better accuracy, that will be more science approved.

Built With

• calculus
• ecology
• math
• python