Breastfeeding could be a valuable carbon offset and help us wean off our economic dependence on commercial milk formula which causes excessive amounts of greenhouse gas emissions, a new research report has shown. The Sector thesector.com.au/2024/05/09/cou…

Breastfeeding is not just about nutrition and health—it's about human rights and sustainability. Let's recognize its value in economic and environmental metrics. bit.ly/Breastfeedinga… #BreastfeedingasCarbonOffset

“Only 0.01% of global climate finance goes toward projects tackling both climate change and women’s rights”

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GDQS in Myanmar; New SUN CSA Executive Committee in Cambodia; CoP Gender Nutrition Gap; Human milk: A win-win-win for health, sustainability, and economics? mailchi.mp/fhi360/alive-a…

“Integrating breastfeeding into the UNs’ CDM benefits the populations in developing countries ... while acknowledging the value of women’s #breastfeeding efforts for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.” Julie P Smith

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“Urgent reorientation of economic policies is needed. The advocacy for a well-being framework ‘Beyond GDP’ is more of the same. ... The Economics of Health for All requires a paradigm shift.” - Marilyn Waring, New Zealand bit.ly/Breastfeedinga… #BreastfeedingasCarbonOffset

Investing in breastfeeding is not only good for mothers and babies—it's good for the Mother Earth too! Let's support policies that recognize #breastfeeding as a carbon offset. bit.ly/Breastfeedinga… #BreastfeedingasCarbonOffset

Did you know? Breastfeeding supports child health, women's rights, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. It's time we prioritize it in our policies and investments. bit.ly/Breastfeedinga… #BreastfeedingasCarbonOffset

The article, A proposal to recognize investment in breastfeeding as a carbon offset, is part of a special issue of the The Bulletin of the World Health Organization and reinforces its calls for radical changes in how decisions on human and planetary health and well-being are made. aliveandthrive.org/en/news/health…

Experts from ourANU, University of Sydney, FHI 360, Munster Technological University, AUT University, and World Health Organization (WHO) urge us to celebrate and support #breastfeeding as a sustainable, local, and healthy first-food system for generations to come. Let's value what truly matters: bit.ly/Breastfeedinga…

New The Bulletin of the World Health Organization paper out! 🔥 We call for recognition of breastfeeding in food & well-being statistics and for investments in breastfeeding to be considered a carbon offset in global financing arrangements for sustainable development.
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Breastfeeding supports child health and women's rights and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. It's time we recognise its value in economic & environmental metrics, prioritizing it in policies and investments. #BreastfeedingasCarbonOffset for #HealthforAll : bit.ly/ibfaco

The unpaid work that GDP ignores -- and why it really counts (Marilyn Waring | TEDxChristchurch) ted.com/talks/marilyn_… via TED Talks

‘A proposal to recognise breastfeeding as a carbon offset is a timely one & calls for investment in #breastfeeding policy& programmes as a carbon offset. It is truly an extraordinary work of the health economists and researchers”, says Dr Gupta BPNI ANUPopulationHealth WBTiAUS

Investing in #breastfeeding is not only good for mums & bus—it's good for Mother Earth too! Let's support policies that recognise breastfeeding as a carbon offset. t.ly/aJUsL #BreastfeedingasCarbonOffset Victor Aguayo ANU Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions ANU Gender Institute
World Health Organization (WHO) Tanya Plibersek

#Breastfeeding is not just about #nutrition and #health —it's about #humanrights , equity, and sustainability. Let's recognise its value in economic and environmental metrics.
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Commercial milk formula sales may be counted in #GDP , but #breastfeeding —providing immense health benefits to populations and #planet —is often overlooked. Let's change that!
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UN Women training module presents the England and Wales census questions on gender identity as an exemplar. There's an incredible amount of poor guidance on data collection on sex and gender identity- very concerning to see a UN org disseminating some.

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‘Health for all’: A proposal to recognise breastfeeding as a carbon offset

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