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August 7, 2024 | Post

Earth Overshoot Day fell on August 1 this year, meaning that in the first seven months of 2024, we already used up all the natural resources the planet can regenerate in a year. We need to escape overshoot by reining in unsustainable consumption and population growth. Let’s take a look…...

August 5, 2024 | Post

The New York Times recently published a guest essay arguing that progressives should push for infinite population growth. We sent a letter to voice our disagreement which was not published, so we are featuring it here. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our…...

July 26, 2024 | Post

The United Nations recently published a new set of world population estimates and projections. According to the UN demographers, we are still on track for a peak of more than 10 billion in the 2080s, with little change until the end of the century. Let’s take a closer look at…...

July 17, 2024 | Post

Slowing global population growth used to be an international priority, but an ideologically-driven shift away from pursuing demographic targets in the '90s seems to have led to stagnating funding for international family planning programs. We take a look at the major high-level population conferences through recent history and argue that…...

July 11, 2024 | Post

July 11 is World Population Day, a United Nations observance day first marked in 1990 to raise awareness of the urgency and importance of population issues. Concern about the impacts of rapid population growth on the environment and poverty alleviation efforts used to be widespread, leading to many successful voluntary…...

June 24, 2024 | Post

The Washington Post editorial board recently published a flawed and problematic article arguing in favor of infinite growth. We sent a letter in response, which was not published, so we are featuring it here. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide…...

June 17, 2024 | Post

One of our members made us aware of an article bemoaning the "baby bust" in the print version of The Week. We responded with a letter to the editor which we are featuring here as we did not hear back. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their…...

June 5, 2024 | Post

Today is World Environment Day, an annual UN observance day aimed at increasing awareness of and mobilizing action on environmental issues. This year’s focus is land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience, tying in with the upcoming World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, observed on June 17. These themes are…...

May 23, 2024 | Post

The Economist recently ran a very refreshing cover story pushing back against "baby bust" panic. We responded with a letter to the editor which we are featuring here as it was not published. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide for…...

May 22, 2024 | Post

On International Day for Biological Diversity, we reflect on humanity’s failure to halt the extinction crisis and why we need a new approach to conservation. A neglected crisis With increasingly worse climate change impacts unfolding around the world and countless media stories documenting them, no reasonable person can deny the…...