PHM-Exch> The State of World Population 2009 - Facing a changing world: women, population and climate

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org

 *The State of World Population 2009*

*Facing a changing world: women, population and climate

*

*United Nations Population Fund - November 2009

*

            Available online as PDF [104p.] at:
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2009/en/pdf/EN_SOWP09.pdf

            Website: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2009/en/overview.shtml



            French: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2009/fr/index.shtml :



Spanish: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2009/es/index.shtml





“…..Climate—the average of weather over time—is always changing, but never
in known human experience more dramatically than it is likely to change in
the coming century. For millennia, since civilizations arose from ancient
farming societies, the earth's climate as a whole was relatively stable,
with temperatures and patterns of rainfall that have supported human life
and its expansion around the globe.



A growing body of evidence shows that recent climate change is primarily the
result of human activity. The influence of human activity on climate change
is complex. It is about what we consume, the types of energy we produce and
use, whether we live in a city or on a farm, whether we live in a rich or
poor country, whether we are young or old, what we eat, and even the extent
to which women and men enjoy equal rights and opportunities. It is also
about our growing numbers—approaching 7 billion.



As the growth of population, economies and consumption outpaces the earth's
capacity to adjust, climate change could become much more extreme—and
conceivably catastrophic. Population dynamics tell one part of a larger,
more intricate story about the way some countries and people have pursued
development and defined progress and about how others have had little say in
the decisions that affect their lives.



Climate change's influence on people is also complex, spurring migration,
destroying livelihoods, disrupting economies, undermining development and
exacerbating inequities between the sexes…..”
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://phm.phmovement.org/pipermail/phm-exchange-phmovement.org/attachments/20091122/e44ee11c/attachment-0001.html>