Population Matters blog archive
2011
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November 16th 2011
Absence of Arctic ice affecting weather, global warming
Recent dramatic changes in the Arctic will have a significant effect on our weather. That's the conclusion of a top scientist studying Arctic sea ice. Arctic sea ice is disappearing in... -
November 16th 2011
Malawi forms think-tank on linking population, climate change
Malawi has become one of the first nations in the world to build a team of experts on linking population dynamics and climate change. This follows a successful training workshop on... -
November 15th 2011
UN: Create multibillion-dollar fund to fight climate change
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged world leaders Monday to finalize the financing for a multibillion-dollar fund to fight the effects of climate change. Delegates at a UN-sponsored climate change conference that... -
November 14th 2011
UNFPA worried at high rate of early marriage
The UN Population Fund has expressed concern over the high rate of early marriage in Bangladesh, saying this increases child and maternal mortality rates, contributes to population growth, and creates... -
November 13th 2011
Climate change to bring more floods: World Bank
Climate change will bring more floods and extreme weather to Southeast Asia, a World Bank official said Thursday on a visit to the region, where hundreds have died in severe... -
November 13th 2011
30 countries discussing climate change in Dhaka
Representatives of countries worried about how climate change threatens them are meeting in Bangladesh before UN-sponsored talks later this month. Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the conference in Dhaka on... -
November 13th 2011
Kenya: EU gives cash for women’s health campaign
The European Union has donated € 4.4 million (Sh6.2 billion) to improve the reproductive health of women, combat HIV/Aids and empower the health workers with HIV information in 28 counties... -
November 12th 2011
World headed for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warns
The world is likely to build so many fossil-fuelled power stations, energy-guzzling factories and inefficient buildings in the next five years that it will become impossible to hold global warming... -
November 11th 2011
Greenhouse gases climbing, report finds
Greenhouse gases are building at a steep rate in the atmosphere, the nation's top climate agency reported, renewing concern that global warming may be accelerating. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's... -
November 11th 2011
Former Irish president says family planning saves women’s lives
Proponents of family planning services say each year, nearly 360,000 women die from pregnancy-related causes, most of them in Africa. The former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson, is helping lead...
