November 18, 2009 8:01 PM

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Women more vulnerable to climate change: UN Report

The United Nations has warned that women in developing countries will be the most vulnerable to climate change. A report from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said there was a disproportionate burden on those women and called for greater equality.<br/>The agency said they do most of the agricultural work, and are therefore affected by weather-related natural disasters impacting on food, energy and water. It said slower population growth would help cut greenhouse gas emissions.<br/>The report suggested family planning, reproductive healthcare and gender relations could influence how the world adapts to rising seas, worsening storms and severe droughts. UNFPA executive director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid called for any treaty that might come from the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen next month to take into account individuals' power to reverse the warming of the Earth's atmosphere.<br/>

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