Global demographic trends and future carbon emissions

Human Population Growth and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

RH Outlook Vol. 27 No.1 March 2010 Family planning and the environment: Connected through human and community well-being

 

Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW) together with the UN and other developmental agencies share their paper/position on four key areas of sex workers’ rights that must be addressed: migration and mobility, enabling environment, sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender based violence. These papers have been critical input in the organization of the first Asia and the Pacific Regional Consultation on HIV and Sex Work which will take place on 12-15 Oct 2010 in Pattaya, Thailand.

Discussion Paper on Enabling Environment

Discussion Paper on Migration

Discussion Paper on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Discussion Paper on Violence against Sex Workers

Factoring People Into Climate Change  

By Barbara Crossette
The Nation
September 14, 2009

It's a sure bet that women won't be high on the agenda, or even listed on the program, when UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon convenes a climate change summit of world leaders on September 22. Women are also likely to be missing at the make-or-break emissions reduction conference in Copenhagen in December.

Contraception cheapest way to combat climate change 

Contraception is almost five times cheaper than conventional green technologies as a means of combating climate change, according to research published on 9 September 9.

Climate change, disaster management in the Pacific 

This publication synthesises the issues and outcomes from the Forum on the Gendered Dimensions of Disaster Risk management and Adaptation to Climate Change, held at the forum's interactive group discussions. It provides a starting point for further discussion and exchange on these important issues. The UNDP hopes donors and development practitioners across the region listen to the Pacific voices included in this publication and use it as a tool to guide the substance and direction of future programming in disaster risk management and adaptation to climate change.

Climate change could deepen poverty in developing countries 

20 August 2009
Source: Asian News International (ANI)

A new study has determined that climate change could deepen poverty in developing countries. In the study, a team led by Purdue University researchers examined the potential economic influence of adverse climate events, such as heat waves, drought and heavy rains, on those in 16 developing countries.

The Breathing Earth 

The Breathing Earth is real-time simulation that displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates. 

Solution for tackling climate change: Universal family planning access 

The Guardian (UK)
13 July 2009

Demographic factors will play a significant role in determining future emissions. The most obvious such factor is the global population, which is expected to rise to around nine billion by 2050.

Eco-Economy Indicators: Twelve Trends to Track 

According to the Earth Policy Institute, the following 12 indicators represent significant measures of our progress, or the lack thereof, in building an eco-economy—one that respects the principles of ecology.

Contraception cheapest way to combat climate change 

Contraception is almost five times cheaper than conventional green technologies as a means of combating climate change, according to research published on 9 September 9.