Today, world leaders are gathered in New York for a climate change summit convened by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. And yesterday, the U.N. General Assembly held a special session reviewing 20 years of progress on reproductive health and rights since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). But, as some journalists have pointed out, there hasn’t been a lot of conversation (at least at high levels) about how these issues connect. That’s a missed opportunity.

The same thing also happened at the recent Society for Environmental Journalists’ conference, where two sessions featured the topic of food security and development. Both dealt with how we are going to feed people in 2050. Both touched on how many people the world is expected to have. And one—surprise!—left family planning completely out of the equation.

“We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: investments in access to family planning are good for women, families, and our sustainable future.”

At PAI, we’re used to making the connections between how access to family planning and reproductive health can help people adapt to changes in their environment and live more sustainably. But even though women are critical to future development—including issues of climate change and food security—they are still sometimes forgotten. As our friends at Women at the Center put it: “We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: investments in access to family planning are good for women, families, and our sustainable future.”

Considering the circumstances, we think it can’t be said enough. Check out their full post here.