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"Women are on the front lines of many societies buffeted by climate change -- and research indicates they tend to be more vulnerable to these impacts," said the report's lead author, Robert Engelman.
Wow.
Holy crap, it gets 10 times worse ...
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According to the report, universal access to reproductive healthcare and family planning -- a UNFPA goal since 1994 -- in combination with improved education of girls and gender equality would lead to significant declines in fertility, (*) stabilizing the population of the planet at a level far below estimates commonly used in scientific models of future climate change.
As you may have guessed, (*) is mine. It's where that thought goes from "yeah ... maybe" to "in-fucking-sane."
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
