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March 17, 2026 | Post

Our team at Population Connection is saddened by the passing of our co-founder and distinguished scientist, Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich, on March 13 at the age of 93. Population Connection, previously known as Zero Population Growth, or ZPG, will be turning an impressive 60 years old in 2028. To prepare…...

March 5, 2026 | Post

While governments around the world are fretting over declining birthrates, experts are increasingly arguing that this fear is unwarranted and that low fertility may in fact bring economic benefits. Demographers Guillaume Marois and Wolfgang Lutz recently laid out this view in a letter published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour,…...

February 27, 2026 | Post

The New York Times published an article about the fact that low birthrates reflect women having more choices. We sent a letter in response, which wasn’t published, so we are featuring it here. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide for…...

February 17, 2026 | Post

The New York Times Headway newsletter pointed out that low birthrates have upsides too. We sent a letter in response, which wasn’t published, so we are featuring it here. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide for advice on how to…...

February 12, 2026 | Post

Our response to an op-ed in The Guardian. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide for advice on how to do that. Re: France’s letters to 29-year-olds to remind them to have babies is a spectacular missing of the point It’s…...

February 10, 2026 | Post

Journalists across the Global North are so fascinated by declining birthrates that this trend has become the dominant population-themed media narrative. Despite substantial published research on family size choices and the factors that influence them (including a survey by Population Connection), reporters are still “investigating” why fertility is falling. Last…...

January 30, 2026 | Post

A new UN report has declared an era of “global water bankruptcy,” arguing that overextraction of fresh water has reached such severe levels that past hydrological and ecological baselines cannot realistically be restored. Combined with climate change and pollution, this overshoot threatens billions of lives and livelihoods and urgently needs…...

January 12, 2026 | Post

What does it mean when some countries use more than their fair share of Earth’s resources in weeks, while others never overshoot at all? Global Footprint Network has just released updated data on Country Overshoot Days and Ecological Deficit Days, highlighting when nations exhaust their annual ecological resources. To understand…...

December 18, 2025 | Post

A major new review of the state of the environment by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) provides a comprehensive and refreshingly honest exploration of the root drivers of environmental degradation, and stresses the urgent need to overhaul how we live on this planet. The 7th edition of the Global…...

December 15, 2025 | Post

The Washington Post ran an alarmist article about depopulation. We replied with a letter to the editor, which wasn’t published, so we are featuring it here. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide for advice on how to do that. Re: Europe…...