News from Population Matters.
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COP16: Amplifying Our Partner’s Voices
The United Nations Biodiversity Conference is taking place in Cali, Colombia this year, and we are excited to be sponsoring our long-time partners Women for Conservation to attend the event and promote family planning as an important aspect when it comes to protecting biodiversity.
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Right to Repair: A Path Towards Circular Economics
Today is International Repair Day, an annual event to celebrate those who help consumers repair their products, reducing their impact upon the planet. The right to repair movement is a crucial part of the transition to a circular economy.
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Debunking Myths: Population Distracts from Bigger Issues
As the world grapples with the increasing impacts of the climate crisis, a common argument we face is that focusing on population growth is a distraction from addressing the bigger issues. This myth, however, oversimplifies a complex reality.
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Feeding Billions, Failing Nature
Today is World Food Day, currently our unsustainable food systems are one of the main drivers of nature’s decline. Florence Blondel, our Content and Campaigns Specials reviews the impact of our food systems on the planet.
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Balancing Act: How the Steady-State Economy Seeks Equilibrium
If the steady-state economy were to be encapsulated in single word, it would be balance. It is a concept that seeks to establish an equilibrium between growth and environmental integrity, between production and population growth.
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Green Growth: Sustainable Future or Myth? – Part Three
Our third and final blog investigating the concept of green growth. We look at the physical limits of growth, where green growth fits into our current system and what might come next.
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Green Growth: Sustainable Future or Myth? – Part Two
We continue our series exploring alternative economic models. Here, in the second of three parts, we examine green growth, which seeks to achieve continued economic growth that is more environmentally sustainable.
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Green Growth: Sustainable Future or Myth? – Part One
Green Growth asserts that continued economic growth can be compatible with staying in the ecological limits of our planet, with measures to decouple GDP growth from environmental impacts. It’s become popular amongst policymakers, but climate scientists are sceptical that green growth can ever truly be green.
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Agrowth: The Agnostic Approach – Part Two
Unlike traditional growth models, agrowth emphasises that growth is neither inherently good nor bad. Its value depends on societal and environmental contexts. Read part two of our look at this lesser known model.
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Agrowth: The Agnostic Approach – Part One
We continue our series with this lesser-known economic model that avoids both growth and degrowth. Agrowth advocates for indifference toward traditional growth metrics and prioritises broader social goals like environmental sustainability and social welfare.