China can't feed itself, so choking off their population down so sustainable levels is doable from the outside if things came to that, Some countries in Europe can, some can, in the net it's a bit unclear due to foreign imports
Animals are obviously 'dumb', they don't destroy the biosphere the same way because their energy usage is limited to their own bodies, usually smaller than the 70-90 watts human bodies operate around
Some African countries have powerful militaries, which isn't necessarily anything to be happy or sad about. The issue doesn' tjust affect Africa is the point, though. What you do in one place affects the rest of the Earth, it's a mostly closed system except for solar radiation in and radiating away waste heat
When its the massive industrialization we have that has become fundamental to the production and employment of citizens and their well-being and the reliance on consumerism to keep our economy running?
It's the other way around. The pollution and industrialization instigates much of hte migration, it's part of the wars and the enviornmental damage causes pollution pressure as well
we don't need that much industrialization to have a high standard of living, it's partly a subsidy to the 1% at the expense of workers that would garner a better bargaining position in with less industrialized methods, like in farming
the Syrian war migrants for example are directly related to Europe's energy consumption. the underlying pipeline issue is mostly a Western European issue, despite using the US as a proxy there
there is no real need, and it's obviously impossible, to keep focusing on growth that depends completely on more energy input. accepting that fact and realigning would help everybody involved, but the relative position of certain entrenched interests would change
those entrenched interests are the ones sponsoring the 'brainwashing' of anti environmentalists, as is shown time-and-time again by many sides, including some right-wing environmentalists
