Breaking: Trace amounts of CO2 allegedly help Ethiopian women understand how to space out the births of their children

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Here's a population angle you might not have considered: Family planning can help women adapt to climate change that's already happening.

Population Action International has a new short film about this subject, Weathering Change, featuring mothers from Nepal, Peru, and Ethiopia. "When [women] have children every year, it hurts them," says Ethiopian Aregash Ayele. "Due to climate change, mothers have understood that spacing their children is in their own best interest."