Climate change can lead to increased risk of STIs due to changes in sexual behavior, reduced access to sexual and reproductive health services due to disruptions in healthcare systems, and increased risk of unintended pregnancy due to changes in menstrual cycles and fertility.

Reduced population growth can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increased access to family planning services can help to reduce unintended pregnancies and improve maternal and child health, and empowerment of women and girls can lead to increased participation in climate change decision-making and action.

Improved maternal and child health can help to reduce the vulnerability of women and children to the impacts of climate change, increased access to sexual and reproductive health services in emergencies can help to protect women and girls from sexual violence and unintended pregnancy, and reduced risk of gender-based violence can help to improve the resilience of women and girls to climate change.

Integrating sexual and reproductive health into climate change policies and programs is important to ensure that the sexual and reproductive health needs of women and girls are met in climate change response, to promote gender equality and women's empowerment, and to improve the effectiveness of climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts.

Examples of how sexual and reproductive health can be integrated into climate change policies and programs include including sexual and reproductive health services in climate change adaptation plans, developing climate-resilient sexual and reproductive health infrastructure, and training healthcare workers on climate change and sexual and reproductive health.