A new UN report suggests that slowing population growth could help combat climate change. Do you think that having less children could help us save the planet?
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 change's impacts and would contribute to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions," it reads.
The 94-page State of the World Population Report 2009 calls for any deal on climate change coming out of the UN summit in Copenhagen this December to include measures to empower women and improve access to family planning services.
"There is still time for the negotiators about to gather in Copenhagen to think creatively about population, reproductive health and gender equality and how these might contribute to a just and environmentally sustainable world," it reads
The report is the latest study to suggest access to contraception could slow population growth and therefore help to tackle climate change.
But many Africans believe large families are a form of insurance on continent where one in every six children dies before the age of five, according to UNICEF.
Should we in the developed world be having fewer children to save the environment?
A short review of the law of entropy will show you that as civilization grows more complex and complicated, its wastes increase in consort.
Simply put, without extreme levels of energy input it is impossible to maintain life on earth.
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Here we go again. World overpopulation was a big concern during the 60's, birth control became easier and Australia stopped having big families. what'd the government do? Increase immigration and they've been increasing it ever since. thing is, in the 60's we were also concerned about water supply (Australia is mostly desert) So, now we've had 3 Capital cities at panic stations until recently. Melbourne and Adelaide were about 3 days away from running out of water. The 4,000,000 people in Melbourne were a bit annoyed and worried don'tcha know. What'd the Government do? Refuse to build dams and increased immigration. Gotta love these socialist democratic caring Governments hey?
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