In this issue
PAI's Kathleen Mogelgaard, interviewed by Earthbeat Radio as part of their series leading up to Copenhagen.
As the world gathers in Copenhagena to seek effective strategies to fight climate change, population trends and related gender considerations should not be left out. PAI will be in Copenhagen for the week of December 12-18th with Negash Teklu, Executive Director of Ethiopia's Consortium for Integration of Population, Health, and Environment, along with the Population and Climate Change Alliance. This special issue of PopActions features resources related to population and climate change.
Climate change impacts, demographic trends and reproductive health needs are likely to affect countries’ abilities to adapt to climate change, demonstrates a new world map from Population Action International (PAI). The map highlights the potential impacts of climate change on people and the environment, projected population changes in the short- and long-term, and why responses to climate change should include family planning and reproductive health. View the map.
By Aklilu Kidanu, Kimberly Rovin and Karen Hardee
Population Action International and Miz-Hasab Research Center , in collaboration with the Joint Global Change Research Institute, have undertaken a study to explore how communities in Ethiopia react to and cope with climate variation, which groups are considered most vulnerable, what resources communities need to adapt to climate changes, and also the role of family planning and reproductive health in increasing resilience to climate change impacts. Click here to read the report.
Climate Change, Family Planning and Reproductive Health: As countries negotiate climate change solutions in Copenhagen, family planning and reproductive health should be among the adaption strategies on the table.At the same time, the world should not shy away from addressing population as a factor related to carbon emissions. Read more.
By Clive Mutunga and Karen Hardee
This paper reviews 41 National Adaptation Programmes of Action submitted by least developed countries to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and identifies the range of interventions included in countries’ priority adaptation actions. The review found near-universal recognition among the NAPAs of the importance of population considerations as a central pillar in climate change adaptation. Click here to read more.
PAI’s Karen Hardee discusses the links between population, gender and climate change in her editorial in this month’s British Medical Journal. Click here to read the full article.
In early November PAI completedour second university tour aimed at engaging and educating students about the unique sexual and reproductive health and rights needs of young people. Three PAI staff members, Caitlin Horrigan (Legislative Policy Analyst), Jennifer Mellen (Development Associate), and Dilly Severin (Web Associate), were joined by our long time partners at Youth Vision Zambia, Amos and Nthazie Mwale, for a four-day speaking tour in Georgia. Click here to read more.
The International Conference on Family Planning brought together over 1,200 participants to learn findings of state of the art research on family planning and their policy implications. PAI was heavily involved in the conference with Vice President for Research, Karen Hardee serving as PAI’s representative on the conference steering committee. During the conference, PAI staff engaged in an exciting week of events. Click here to read more.
As many of you may be aware,a I have spent my career working toward environmental sustainability, and, like many others, I have seen how important population issues, and the work of Population Action International (PAI), are to meeting the greatest environmental challenges of our time. Click here to read more.
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