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  • A. Tianna Scozzaro, Population Action International

    I Went to UNGA and All I Got Were These Five Questions

    October 8, 2014 By Wilson Center Staff
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    The original version of this article, by A. Tianna Scozzaro, appeared on Population Action International’s All Access blog.

    As the dust settles on an exciting United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), I finally have an opportunity to reflect on all that went down, and what it means for the post-2015 development process moving forward.

    In short: some successes, some missed opportunities, and a whole lot more left to decide. Last week, I took part in a panel sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Center Environment Change and Security program on “Three Great Ideas That Weren’t on the UNGA Agenda.” If you missed that discussion, here’s my take on the top five most important conversations taking place around sexual and reproductive rights, climate change, and what comes next:

    1. Can’t we all just get along (and in the same room)? Andrew Revkin hit the nail on the head with his article titled, “On the Path Past 9 Billion, Little Crosstalk Between UN Sessions on Population and Global Warming.” While an estimated 400,000 people from around the world gathered along Central Park on Sunday morning in the largest climate march in history, (including hundreds of nurses calling for action to prevent the health impacts of climate they are already seeing every day), there was little cross-sectoral discussion happening within the UN building itself. A special session on the anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development took place on Monday and the Climate Summit took place on Tuesday – in the same room, but with different staff, speeches, and agendas that reflected little to no integrated thinking on women’s health and climate change. This is a shame, because we know – and even the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change acknowledges – that access to family planning is a key climate resilience strategy.

    Continue reading on All Access.

    Sources: The New York Times, People’s Climate March, Population Action International.

    Photo Credit: The People’s Climate March in New York City, courtesy of the Climate Action Network International.

    Topics: climate change, cooperation, development, environment, family planning, gender, global health, population, SDGs, U.S., UN, youth
    • Jim Corcoran

      With 60+ BILLION food animals on the planet, this should be our first step in the Climate March! The best chance to mitigate climate change is to severely reduce consumption of animal foods. More than 1/3 of human induced warming is attributable to animal agriculture. Methane is 24 times more potent than CO2 but takes only 7 years to cycle out of the atmosphere. CO2 takes around 100 years to come out. Human pursuit of animal protein is the leading cause of methane release and a primary cause of CO2 concentrating in the atmosphere. Check the facts and act!

      “As environmental science has advanced, it has become apparent that the human appetite for animal flesh is a driving force behind virtually every major category of environmental damage now threatening the human future: deforestation, erosion, fresh water scarcity, air and water pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, social injustice, the destabilization of communities, and the spread of disease.” Worldwatch Institute, “Is Meat Sustainable?”

      “If every American skipped one meal of chicken per week and substituted vegetables and grains… the carbon dioxide savings would be the same as taking more than half a million cars off of U.S. roads.” Environmental Defense Fund

      “A 1% reduction in world-wide meat intake has the same benefit as a three trillion-dollar investment in solar energy.” ~ Chris Mentzel, CEO of Clean Energy

      There is one single industry destroying the planet more than any other. But no one wants to talk about it… http://cowspiracy.com

      Step by Step Guide: How to Transition to a Vegan Diet http://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-food/step-by-step-guide-how-to-transition-to-vegan-diet/

    • Abrar

      It is interesting to see how woman are more interested than woman and they could do changes more even on international issues.

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