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| Fund family planning 'to cut CO2' | Fund family planning 'to cut CO2' |
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| Meeting the demand for family planning in poor nations is a cheap and effective way to cut CO2 emissions, a new website initiative claims. | Meeting the demand for family planning in poor nations is a cheap and effective way to cut CO2 emissions, a new website initiative claims. |
| The UK-based Optimum Population Trust says fast-rising population levels lead to growing emissions. | The UK-based Optimum Population Trust says fast-rising population levels lead to growing emissions. |
| The website is urging wealthy people to offset their own CO2 emissions by funding contraception programmes. | The website is urging wealthy people to offset their own CO2 emissions by funding contraception programmes. |
| It says taking such action is better value than spending money on wind turbines, solar power or hybrid cars. | It says taking such action is better value than spending money on wind turbines, solar power or hybrid cars. |
| Critics would argue the analysis is too simplistic, a BBC correspondent says. | Critics would argue the analysis is too simplistic, a BBC correspondent says. |
| The BBC's environment analyst Roger Harrabin says they could contend that reducing the number of people born in the US would make a big difference in achieving reductions in CO2 levels. | The BBC's environment analyst Roger Harrabin says they could contend that reducing the number of people born in the US would make a big difference in achieving reductions in CO2 levels. |
| Our correspondent added that carbon emissions from people in much of sub-Saharan Africa are so low that they can barely be counted. | |
| According to the OPT, every £4 spent on family planning saves one tonne of CO2. | According to the OPT, every £4 spent on family planning saves one tonne of CO2. |
| It estimates that a similar reduction would require an £8 investment in tree planting, £15 in wind power, £31 in solar energy and £56 in hybrid vehicle technology. | It estimates that a similar reduction would require an £8 investment in tree planting, £15 in wind power, £31 in solar energy and £56 in hybrid vehicle technology. |
| It is promoting a scheme in which wealthy people can offset their own carbon emissions by funding contraceptive programmes in the developing world. | It is promoting a scheme in which wealthy people can offset their own carbon emissions by funding contraceptive programmes in the developing world. |