The Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
(2000) The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was one of the principal achievements of the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992.
Region: Global
Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change
(November 2000) Most of the sun’s radiation passes through Earth’s atmosphere to warm the planet. Earth’s surface in turn reflects this energy back toward space in the form of infrared (heat) radiation.
Report. How Does Family Planning Influence Women’s Lives?
(October 2000) Among the many changes that occurred in the second half of the 20th century, perhaps the most significant and personal for women has been the means to choose whether and when to have children.
Data Report. Fertility Rates for Low Birth Rate Countries, 1995 to Most Recent Year Available
The Urban Demographic Revolution
(September 2000) A report commissioned by the German government and released July 4 at the Global Conference on the Urban Future presents an upbeat view of the growth of cities in the 21st century.
Population Bulletin, vol. 55, no. 3. An Urbanizing World
Managing urban population change will be one of the world’s most important challenges in the next few decades.
Urbanizing World
Managing urban population change will be one of the world’s most important challenges in the next few decades.
Report. Is Education the Best Contraceptive?
(August 2000) The World Bank calls women’s education the “single most influential investment that can be made in the developing world.
Youth and the HIV/AIDS Crisis
(August 2000) About half of all people infected with HIV are under age 25, according to World Health Organization estimates, and in less developed countries, up to 60 percent of all new infections are among 15-to-24-year-olds.
Finding the Balance: Population and Water Scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa
(2002) The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)* is the most water-scarce region of the world. Home to 6.