Summary

In the “Women and Girls” section, Paul Hawken addresses issues facing this population since they are disproportionately vulnerable to the impact of global warming especially in lower-income situations. If women smallholders of land—women who own less than five acres of land—had access to the same assets, capital, and support that their male counterparts have, the total agricultural output would rise by nearly 30 percent. In addition, family planning and access to reproductive healthcare is a critical component, as the ability for women to choose family size rather than accept chance will provide autonomy and dignity with an additional benefit, which, bluntly, is the lowering of the population on the planet. Educating girls allows for self-empowerment and the ability to break the cycle of poverty as well as being “the single most important social and economic factor associated with a reduction...