News from Population Matters.
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Talking population at the UN Water Conference
Population Matters attended the UN Water Conference in New York to raise the critical linkage between water and population.
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Earth Overshoot Day: Five ways we can move the date
Every year, Earth Overshoot Day marks the day when humanity has consumed all the resources that the planet can produce over the entire year. This year it falls on 2 August.
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World Population Day 2023: Change Champions
To mark World Population Day 2023, we are once again giving awards to a new group of inspirational change-makers!
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Space to Live: A Journey of Discovery
Over 19 minutes, Nastaran Rahnama tells a beautiful story detailing her journey to discover the extent of our human impact on the natural world.
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The plague of plastic, but new global treaty brings hope
Did you know that nearly 80% of plastics end up in landfill or the ocean? That’s why this year, World Environment Day turns its focus to plastics and the practical solutions needed to solve this global problem. We asked John Higginson, editor-in-chief of Plastic Free Post, to tell us more.
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Talking population at the UN Water Conference
Population Matters attended the UN Water Conference in New York to raise the critical linkage between water and population.
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The real cost of an iPhone
Population Matters’ new report examines how consumption is killing our planet, and how Apple, and all of us, can help to save it.
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Can we meet our water needs?
Population Matters will be taking part in the UN Water Conference in New York this week, to raise the critical linkage between water and population.
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A planet of 8 billion and the future of humanity
The Journal of Population and Sustainability explores all aspects of the relationship between human numbers and environmental issues.
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Can the new global biodiversity deal do the job?
One million species are at risk of extinction. A new international deal, the Global Framework on Biodiversity, seeks to end that crisis. We look at what the framework contains and what it doesn’t, and ask: will it work?