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Provided by: Project Drawdown|Published on: November 30, 2023
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Synopsis
- This resource is currently being revised by Project Drawdown but you can research many of the other solutions in detail on their new Drawdown Explorer page.
- This article examines the impact of family planning and inclusive education on climate change, human population projections, and emission disparities between high-income and low/middle-income countries.
- Students will learn that inclusive education and family planning lead to slower population growth and less carbon emissions.
Subjects: Social Studies, Earth and Space Sciences, Health
Authors: Project Drawdown
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- This article recognizes that past conversations about human population growth have been marred by racism and classism.
- This article also discusses the historical emissions of the entire African continent.
Additional Prerequisites
- It may be helpful if students have an intermediate understanding of voluntary family planning and existing gender inequality.
- Students should understand the causes and impacts of climate change.
- Some students may need the terms family planning, emissions, autonomy, and others defined before reading the article.
Differentiation
- Students can use this article for an informative essay on how gender-inclusive education leads to social, economic, and environmental benefits.
- Students can read this article at home to prepare for an in-class discussion on reproductive health in the United States and abroad.
- This article can support a unit on gender inequality throughout human history and why this inequality still exists today.
- This article pairs well with the resource titled CFR Education: Who Releases the Most Greenhouse Gasses?
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Project Drawdown
Project Drawdown is a nonprofit organization that seeks to help the world reach “drawdown”—the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline. Cities, universities, corporations, philanthropies, policymakers, communities, educators, activists, and more turn to Project Drawdown as they look to advance effective climate action. Project Drawdown resources for educators include the database of Drawdown Solutions, educational video series Climate Solutions 101, the Drawdown Stories initiative, and more.
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