Media coverage
Selected media stories featuring Population Matters.
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nORMALISING THE CONVERSATION AROUND POPULATION
News Peg Magazine, 27 September 2025
‘Really transitional moment’: what should we do about declining fertility rates?
The Guardian, 30 August 2025
Matt Chorley with Matt Fleming – Reaction to ONS England and Wales Birth Rates
BBC Radio 5 Live, 27 August 2025
The global fertility crisis: are fewer babies a good or bad thing? Experts are divided
The Guardian, 2 November 2024
The Independent, 11 July 2024
‘Our future depends on us having plenty of children’
The Times, 1 June 2024
What will China’s population drop mean for the world?
BBC Future, 18 January 2023
Why is nobody willing to say the ‘P’ word?
The Independent 24 November 2022
What does a population of 8 billion mean for our planet?
The Independent 16 November 2022
Tackling population growth is key to fighting climate change
The New Scientist 09 November 2022
How many people can Earth handle
BBC 6 September 2022
Patron coverage
Who is Sir David Attenborough?
BBC Countryfile, 31 January 2025
Why BBC wildman Chris Packham just can’t stop ruffling feathers
The Guardian, 10 December 2023
It’s now or never – we need to achieve a sustainable human population
New Scientist, 22 March 2023
We won’t save our imperfect planet by driving billions into destitution
The Telegraph, 2 February 2021
LETTERS
Tackling the taboo of population growth
The Guardian, 22 August 2o24
Pronatalists are conveniently ignoring Earth’s real problems
The Guardian, 31 May 2024
Britain’s falling birthrates are a sign of increased women’s equality
The Times, 23 March 2024
Choosing childlessness for the sake of the planet
The Guardian, 12 November 2023
Jenrick’s perverse solution to plug our social care gap
The Guardian, 5 October 2023
A low birthrate is good news for the planet
The Guardian, 21 May 2023
Population growth is a key driver of climate breakdown and biodiversity loss
The Guardian, 5 January 2023
The Sunday Times 13 November 2022
Getting a handle on population growth
The Telegraph 11 November 2022
Birthrates are falling, but there’s no need to panic
The Guardian , 24 September 2021
Falling birth rates could be good for the planet
The Guardian, 21 April 2021
MUSK REPORT
Why does Elon Musk want us all to have more kids? (Comment)
Independent, 3 December 2023
Elon Musk’s long history of questionable takes on climate change
Independent 5 September 2022
Elon Musk’s claims about ‘population collapse’ debunked as ‘flawed’ and ‘outer space’
The Independent 11 July 2022
Is Elon Musk right to say civilisation will ‘crumble’ because of low birthrates?
The Times, 9 December 2021
WELCOME TO GILEAD report
Concerns mount in the US over the future of women’s rights to access abortion
Women’s Agenda, 6 December 2021
Surprise surprise! The supreme court is coming for women’s rights after all
The Guardian, 4 December 2021
More countries ‘trying to coerce women to have more children’, report finds
The Independent, 30 November 2021
TACKLING CONSUMPTION
How Black Friday sales hurt our planet (Podcast)
The Standard’s Tech & Science Daily, 24 November 2023
My Green Pod, 24 November 2023
Why your Black Friday shopping is not harmless
Firstpost, 24 November 2023
Charity finds Black Friday consumption increased due to ‘phone-mo’ and peer pressure
BusinessNews, 23 November 2023
‘Phone-mo’ and peer pressure leads to Black Friday over consumption, charity finds
Euronews.green, 23 November 2023
Apple isn’t perfect on environmental issues, but it’s depressingly ahead of its peers
Engadget, 15 September 2023
partners coverage
Population: Participants Harp On Citizens Re-orientation At CISLAC Capacity Building Workshop
African Examiner, 16 February 2025
Rethinking population planning for sustainable development
Vanguard, 2 May 2024
TI Says Nigeria’s 400m Projected Population by 2050 is Demographic Nightmare
This Day, 17 February 2024
CISLAC, UK body raise alarm over Nigeria’s population
The Guardian Nigeria, 14 February 2024
Nigeria accounts for 20% of out-of-school children in sub-Saharan Africa – CISLAC
The Times Nigeria, 13 February 2024
Nigeria’s population becoming a demographic nightmare, say TI, CISLAC
Per Second News, 13 February 2024
Korogocho youths transforming dumping sites into green spaces
The Star, Kenya, 25 January 2023
Activist Nyombi Morris honoured by UK-based charity for leading climate justice fight
Nile Post 18 July 2022
GOING GLOBAL
Fostering Sustainability: Highlights and Insights from ICSE 2023
The Hindustan Times, 19 October 2023
RESEARCH
Climate change increases the risk of preterm births by 60 percent, study reveals
Financial Express, 23 February 2024
Climate change has increased premature birth risk by 60%
Earth.com, 22 February 2024
EurekAlert!, 21 February 2022