"Providing access to contraception for 215 million women, mainly in developing countries, would help to stabilize population growth and significantly reduce the effects of climate change," according to a report released Wednesday by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Nature News reports (Gilbert, 11/18).

In the "State of the World Population 2009" report, UNFPA "argues that international agreements and national policies on climate change are more likely to succeed if they take into account population dynamics, the relations between the sexes, and women's wellbeing and access to healthcare services," BMJ News reports. The report also "warns that climate change will amplify inequities between women and men." Because women comprise a greater percentage of the "agricultural workforce, have fewer income earning opportunities, and are less mobile" experts warn they are more vulnerable to "sudden, weather related natural disasters," brought on by climate change (Carlowe, 11/18).

UNFPA "acknowledged it had no proof of the effect that population control would have on climate change," the href="http://www…