Birth Control Enters Mainstream Concern

GR:  Good.  This is long overdue.  Reducing the human population by encouraging birth control will take generations.  In the short term (like in the next five years), we must drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and we must gain control over land use practices.

By Niina Heikkinen and ClimateWire:  “This week, a group of researchers promoted a different kind of global approach to addressing climate change: voluntary family planning.

“Though their proposal may raise eyebrows, researchers at the Population Reference Bureau and Worldwatch Institute say what they are advocating will both empower women and preserve the environment. They recently formed a joint working group of health, climate and population experts from around the world. They are drafting a report on how family planning could be incorporated into governments’ environmental policy.”

Source: www.scientificamerican.com