Climate change AND sexual health how is it linked?

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Below are some very interesting discussions regarding the links between climate change and sexual health. They are from the The Lancet, Volume 374, Issue 9694, Page 949, 19 September 2009

"Over 200 million women want, but currently lack, access to modern contraceptives. As a result, 76 million unintended pregnancies occur every year. Meeting this unmet need could slow high rates of population growth, thereby reducing demographic pressure on the environment. There is now an emerging debate and interest about the links between population dynamics, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and climate change.

A study of the first 40 National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) submitted by least developed countries to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change showed that 37 such countries made the link between population growth and climate change. But only six of them identified family planning as part of their adaptation strategy—likely because of the fact that family planning falls under the remit of the Ministries of Health rather than Environment, who are responsible for the NAPA documents. "