WORLD POPULATION DAY 2020 - Family planning, education and boosting

The connection has reduced the teenage pregnancy rate not left the movement: “It’s not rocket is affirmed in the 50 peer-reviewed by nearly two-thirds over the last two science that the more of us there are, studies collated by the Centre for decades, it’s still higher than most of the more we consume and the fewer the Biological Diversity for their Crowded our European neighbours. [...] Some of the key facts highlighted include: TAKING ACTION IN CHALLENGING TIMES ■ In June 2020, the World Bank forecast that population Unlike last year when we had the luxury to stage events in growth in the three countries which between them have a three cities – Lagos, London and New York – this year, due third of the world’s poor – Nigeria, India and the Democratic to the pandemic, we scaled up. [...] ■ The number of people living in slums has grown from an ■ We counted down the days to WPD on social media with estimated 792 million in 2000, to more than 1 billion in 2016 striking graphics and short videos explaining the links ■ In sub-Saharan Africa, the number of girls out of secondary between population and each of the 17 SDGs, inviting school has increased by 7 million due to the region’s l. [...] The rights of people, healthcare resources have been re-allocated in response to especially women and girls, must be safeguarded and put at the the pandemic, the options available to women and girls have centre of recovery. [...] To highlight how, the global launch of Earth Overshoot Day 2020 was hosted by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and the University of Glasgow – as a way to give uplift to COP26 (in addition to a pre-launch with the Club of Rome).