: UK population

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  • UK population bigger and greyer

    Placeholder lead Does it matter? The latest release by the UK’s office for National Statistics confirms what we’ve known for a long time: the country’s population is getting bigger, and…

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    A limit on royal babies? Prince Harry thinks small families are best, public agrees

    Prince Harry’s recent comments on choosing a small family for the sake of the planet caused a welcome swell in media coverage of population issues and enquiries for Population Matters…

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    Condoms cut carbon – Population Matters at the Mass Climate Lobby

    Decked in giant condom robes, Population Matters and supporters attended the mass lobby for climate and the environment in London yesterday, highlighting the urgent need for smaller families. Around 12,000…

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    UK nature under assault: failed biodiversity targets and water stress

    The United Kingdom is already one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world, yet the onslaught on our natural environment is showing no signs of slowing while human population…

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    Calling for action on biodiversity

    Population Matters has written to the UK minister for the environment to ask him to press for human population growth to be addressed in plans to update the key international…

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    Crisis? What crisis? Government complacency on environment

    The UK and Scottish Governments have responded to a letter from Population Matters seeking action to address the current environmental crisis with platitudes and complacency. In the case of the…

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    The UK election, overseas aid and family planning

    UPDATE, 21 April 2017: Since this item was written, the Prime Minister has confirmed that the commitment to current levels of aid spending will remain a part of the Conservative Party…

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    Livestock, extinction . . . and population

    Last week, Population Matters attended the high-profile Livestock and Extinction conference in London, organised by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) and WWF-UK. The conference brought together experts on food production, wildlife, the…

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    Sir David Attenborough: we must act on population

    Population Matters patron Sir David Attenborough was interviewed on the BBC’s Newsnight this week, where he once again spoke out about our unsustainable population growth and the urgent need to address it….

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    Ten thousand walk for Britain’s disappearing wildlife

    Last Saturday, Population Matters joined ten thousand people from across the UK who flocked to London for a ground-breaking event: the biggest march for wildlife the country has ever seen….