'Use your ?11bn climate fund to pay for family planning,' UK told

More than 60 NGOs call for spending rule change, saying people on frontline of climate crisis want greater access to reproductive healthcareThe UK government has been urged to open up its ?11bn pot of climate funding to contraception, as research from low-income countries shows a link between poor access to reproductive health services and environmental damage.In a letter to Alok Sharma, president of the UN Cop26 climate conference, an alliance of more than 60 NGOs has called for the funding eligibility rules to be changed to allow projects concerned with removing barriers to reproductive healthcare and girls' education to access climate funds. Continue reading...