Contraception helps protect the environment

The pace of climate change will be reduced if hundreds of millions of people in developing countries have access to safe contraception.

According to an article in the Lancet medical journal (UK), more than 200 million people around the world need contraception, but cannot take any measures for many reasons. So every year there are 76 million unwanted pregnancies.

If those women have access to free contraception, the population growth rate will decrease and the pressure on the environment will decrease.

Every year, 76 million pregnant women are unintended for their inability to access contraceptives.(Artwork: wildmadagascar.org)

In countries that implement the policy of free condom distribution and implement many other contraceptive methods, the number of family members has decreased significantly after a generation.

According to the AP, the world population will reach 9 billion by 2050. More than 90% of new people will live in developing countries.

This is not the first time scientists have warned about the relationship between population growth and global warming. Another report in Lancet says that the cost of implementing family planning is only one-fifth of the amount of governments spending on conventional environmental protection technologies. In addition, with 7 USD for providing free contraception, we will reduce 1 ton of CO2.

Most experts believe that the earth's environment is not affected much if the world population increases at an average rate. But the booming population in developing countries will increase demand for food and housing. Then people will have to destroy the environment to survive.