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Science, Policy, and Advocacy on Population and the Environment

A listing of what's new or coming up:

> The World at 7 Billion Population: What's New, CEP Activities

AlterNet online publication: "7 Billion and Counting: Welcome to a Planet With Population Overload and Resources in Crisis: less to do with the raw numbers of people than their relationship with the planet's sustainable resources", with National Geographic visuals.
CEP Press Release: "7 Billion World Population and Implications for Women, Environment" (For Release: Fall 2011
RH Reality Check Blog: "The Significance of 7 Billion World Population for Women and the Environment"
Women Make News.com Blog: "7 Billion: Important Milestone for Women and the Environment"
CEP Radio Interviews on 7 Billion: WKCT, & more, Fall 2011
New York Times, Letter to the Editor on Wangari Maathai, women and development, Sept 29, 2011
Announcement: Green Belt Movement Website Events "Connecting Local to Global: Women, Climate Change and Conservation"

- Planetwire

- Invitation/Agenda
New UNFPA Report

> CEP featured as top speaker at 12th Annual National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment, Washington, DC, on "Women, Health and the Environment", January 2012

> CEP in experts session at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)on "Population, Development, and Environment: Solutions for Global Challenges", Vancouver, Canada, February, 2012

> UN General Assembly and Clinton Global Initiative Framing Event on "Connecting Local to Global - Women, Climate Change and Conservation" September 19, 2011, 9:00-10:30am,New York

This event highlights the powerful personal narratives of leading Global South grassroots activists. Guest panelists will discuss their successful, innovative women-centered approaches to environmental conservation, climate change, and development through on-the-ground grassroots networks. They will help connect the dots between seemingly remote climate and other environmental occurrences, with the daily realities of the US and global communities’ policies and actions. The event will be opened by the Honorable Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and founding director, Mary Robinson Foundation-Climate Justice. Guest panelists include:

- Constance Okollet, Chairperson, Osukuru United Women’s Network, founding member, Climate Wise Women, Eastern Uganda

- Thilmeeza Hussain, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Republic of Maldives to United Nations, Maldives

- Professor Karanja M. Njoroge, Executive Director, The Green Belt Movement, Kenya

CEP organized the event with partners Climate Wise Women, Izaak Walton League,and Sierra Club.

> "The World at 7 Billion: What It Means for Women and the Environment" Monday, May 9, 2011, White Plains, NY. See flyer here. CEP partnered with the League of Women Voters, Izaak Walton League, Pew Center for the Environment, the Alliance for Global Conservation.

> UN MDG Side-Event: "Population & Environment: Linking MDGs 5 and 7", held September 21, 2010, NY, Church Center, United Nations Plaza

- Planetwire

> CEP Population, Climate Change, Environment Fellowship Program 2010

- U. Colorado Blog

- RH Reality Check Blog

- Reports, Fellows, Power Points

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