The 26th edition of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, will be held in Glasgow, Scotland in November 2020. The pre-COP will take place in Milan, Italy.
Climate Change Conference
Global warming “cools” your sexual desire
Climate change is responsible for way too many things. From biodiversity loss to economic growth slowdowns and violence increase. However, it has never been accused of reducing human fertility, both in women and men. The economists Alan Barreca, Olivier Deschenes and Melanie Guldi carried out a research for the National Bureau of Economic Research, examining 80
Climate change is responsible for way too many things. From biodiversity loss to economic growth slowdowns and violence increase. However, it has never been accused of reducing human fertility, both in women and men. The economists Alan Barreca, Olivier Deschenes and Melanie Guldi carried out a research for the National Bureau of Economic Research, examining 80 years of fertility and US temperatures. They found that when the average daily temperature exceeds 27 degrees, birth rates drop by 0.4% in the following 8-10 months, i.e. 1,165 fewer births in the United States alone.
The period of time from 1931 to 2010 was taken into consideration, justifying the declining birth rate during spring and a consequent increase during summer. However, after a hot day, sexual desire takes time to be restored. Over the months following that hot day, the desire is 30% compared to normal levels.
The risk is that the demographic growth could suffer a setback over the next decades, mainly in Western countries where birth rates are already low. On the long run, this means that the United States could register over 100,000 fewer births (i.e. a 2.6% decrease), according to the study that forecasts a parallel increase in hot days in a year (from 31 days between 1990 and 2002 to over 90 from 2070 to 2099).
According to the authors, global warming consequences on sexuality could seem only secondary compared to more influential practices such as birth control or to more urgent issues such as gender equality and women’s empowerment. However, it could provide a broader picture about what we will face over the next decades, in a hotter world (exceeding 2°C).
Siamo anche su WhatsApp. Segui il canale ufficiale LifeGate per restare aggiornata, aggiornato sulle ultime notizie e sulle nostre attività.
Quest'opera è distribuita con Licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Non opere derivate 4.0 Internazionale.
Thanks to activists, the voice of the world’s peoples resounded through the COP25 like an alarm bell. Governments didn’t reach the results they demanded, but their cries and messages were stronger than ever, reaching even those who weren’t in Madrid.
Climate change poses a risk for millions. However, women are the most vulnerable to its negative consequences: a few simple considerations by the Italian Climate Network help us perceive the global implications of this.
The COP25 ended two days late and with very few steps ahead made. Climate negotiations in 2020 will be an uphill battle as political will clearly seems to be lacking, once again.
The last ten years have been the most “exceptional” and hottest decade ever, with extreme weather hitting people and ecosystems harder and more frequently. 2019 is also on course to becoming the second or third hottest year since records began.
Unite Behind the Science: this was the title of the conference held at the COP25 on 10 December. Greta Thunberg’s presence filled the arena, but this time it was scientists’ turn to speak.
25,000 delegates meet for the COP25 from 2 to 13 December. What can we hope this UN climate change conference, whose venue was changed from Santiago de Chile to Madrid, will achieve?
100 eminent people from all over the world, including Vandana Shiva, Naomi Klein and Noam Chomsky, have signed an open letter after the disappointing results of the COP24. A call-to-arms for climate against world leaders’ indifference.
The outcome of the COP24 in Katowice left many unsatisfied. Greta Thunberg, a young Swedish environmental activist, gave a harsh, heartfelt speech addressing world leaders.