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The State of World Population: Connecting climate change to human population ...
27 days ago
by athenadr
This 2009 edition of The State of World Population shows that climate change is more than an issue of energy efficiency or industrial carbon emissions; it is also an issue of population dynamics, poverty and gender equity. Setbacks due to climate change will result from water scarcities, intense tro ...
Athena - athenadr.wordpress.com
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UN Says Having Children Contributes to Climate Change
27 days ago
by Administrator
Telegraph November 17, 2009 The United Nations Population Fund said if women are empowered to take control of their reproductive health they may choose to have fewer children, reducing pressure on resources and the environment. “Slower population growth would help build social resilience to climate ...
Warrior Society Radio - warriorsocietyradio.com/news · Rank: 109,398 · 3 references
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Africa’s Population Tops 1 Billion (15% of the World’s Population); ...
27 days ago
by Staff Writer
- East Africa: 318.8 million - West Africa: 298.6 million - North Africa: 209.4 million - Central Africa: 125.7 million Source: UNPF, State of the World Report 2009 The number of people in Africa has passed the one billion mark, the UN Population Fund says in a report. UNPF’s Executive Director Thor ...
ChairmanKing.com - chairmanking.com · 4 references
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Women Central to Efforts to Deal With Climate Change, Says New UNFPA Report
27 days ago
by Josh
United Nations Population Fund: Women bear the disproportionate burden of climate change, but have so far been largely overlooked in the debate about how to address problems of rising seas, droughts, melting glaciers and extreme weather, concludes The State of World Population 2009, released today b ...
EnviroKnow - enviroknow.com · Rank: 3,481 · 40 references
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