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  • 20 Sep 09
    lanatoamazon
    lana e

    globalwarming contraceptives technology

    • The sexual and reproductive health and rights community should challenge the
      global architecture of climate change, and its technology focus, and shift
      the discussion to a more human-based, rights-based adaptation approach,''
      said the editorial. ''Such a strategy would better serve the range of issues
      pivotal to improving the health of women worldwide.''



      Earlier this month, research by the London School of Economics said contraception
      is almost five times cheaper as a means of preventing climate change than
      conventional green technologies

    • Every £4 spent on family planning over the next four decades would reduce
      global CO2 emissions by more than a ton, whereas a minimum of £19 would have
      to be spent on low-carbon technologies to achieve the same result, the
      research said
  • 18 Sep 09
    western4uk
    Kieran Lamb

    Greater use of contraceptives could help reduce the global impact of climate change, according to medical journal The Lancet.

    Environment Contraception Climate Health News UHN Population Dynamics Daily Telegraph

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