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The Importance of Population for Climate Change Challenges and Solutions
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Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. It has been historically driven by an atmospheric build-up of greenhouse gases (GHGs) generated mostly by the industrialized world. The consequences of climate change—more intense hurricanes and typhoons, rising sea levels, drought, heat waves, major disruptions to agriculture—will be felt by communities around the world.
Population trends play an important role in the larger context of economic, technological, and social trends that affect the climate system. The majority of future population growth is likely to occur in areas of the world that are already beginning to experience climate change impacts, and this growth is likely to be concentrated in areas and among populations—poor, urban, and coastal—that are already highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. In addition, population trends are intimately connected to the growth of GHGs that cause climate change.
As the world seeks effective strategies to meet climate change challenges, population trends and related gender considerations should not be left out. Many of the policies that affect population trends, such as meeting the demand for family planning and reproductive health services among the world’s women and families, can play an important role in climate change adaptation and mitigation, but have not yet been incorporated into comprehensive climate change solutions.
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