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April 1, 2022 | Resources

Women’s Empowerment as a Path Toward Sustainable Development: Integrating Rights-Based Reproductive Health Solutions for Climate Resilience in the Philippines “A multisectoral approach seeks to interrupt the cyclical nature of high fertility, environmental degradation, and poverty by simultaneously addressing these various factors under one set of interventions.”* “In an overwhelmingly Catholic…...

October 14, 2021 | Resources

Download Slide Deck Access to family planning services is recognized internationally as a human right, as there are few rights more fundamental than the ability to choose whether, when, and with whom to have children. Expanding access to family planning services also yields myriad social, economic, and environmental benefits and…...

October 13, 2021 | Resources

Download Slide Deck Climate change is closely linked to population growth. In high-income countries especially, population growth directly causes climate change because each additional person causes significant emissions throughout their lifetime. High consuming lifestyles in the most affluent countries result in much higher per capita emissions than in middle- and…...

October 13, 2021 | Resources

Human activities are driving large scale changes through land use; the hunting and harvesting of organisms; pollution; overfishing; deforestation, and invasive species. The sustained overuse of natural resources has caused unprecedented levels of environmental destruction, including the loss of vital ecosystems and biodiversity. With the global population projected to increase…...

October 7, 2021 | Resources

Solutions Through Reproductive Health: Why Family Planning Matters to Climate Change RECOMMENDED READINGS Academic Sources: Bryant, L. et al. (2009). Climate change and family planning: least-developed countries define the agenda. Bull World Health Organ, 87. 852-857. doi:10.2471/BLT.08.062562. https://www.scielosp.org/pdf/bwho/2009.v87n11/852-857/en Gerlagh, R., Lupi, V., Galeotti, M. (2019). Family planning and climate change.…...

October 7, 2021 | Resources

Human Impacts on the Environment RECOMMENDED READINGS Academic Sources: Ament, J.M., et al. (2019). Compatibility between agendas for improving human development and wildlife conservation outside protected areas: Insight from 20 years of data. People in Nature, 1, 305-316. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10041 Bastin, J.F., et al. (2019). Global tree restoration potential. Science, 365(6448),…...

October 7, 2021 | Resources

The Connections Between Population and Climate Change RECOMMENDED READINGS Academic Sources: Ahmadalipour, A. et al. (2019). Future drought risk in Africa: Integrating vulnerability, climate change, and population growth. Science of the Total Environment, 662. Pp 672-686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.278 Bongaarts, J., O’Neill, B. (2018). Global warming policy: Is population left out in…...

October 4, 2021 | Resources

Download the PDF slide deck This resource explores the links between human activities and zoonotic disease emergence. The presentation uses a case study from the Amazon rainforest to argue that population growth, intensified agriculture, habitat loss, wildlife trade, and climate change create the conditions necessary for viral animal-to-human spillover. Recognizing…...

September 23, 2021 | Resources

Access to family planning services is recognized internationally as a human right, as there are few rights more fundamental than the ability to choose whether, when, and with whom to have children. Ensuring access to comprehensive reproductive health care is also an essential component of sustainable development initiatives worldwide, as…...

September 23, 2021 | Resources

Earth’s complex natural systems sustain all life. Biodiverse terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems also enhance human livelihoods and well-being. When human numbers were small, our impact on the environment was local. However, as the global population has grown and technologies have evolved, pressure on nature has increased. Human activities are…...