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Poverty & development
High population growth both increases poverty and is caused by it. Find out more about the links, and how action to tackle poverty and action to tackle population benefit one another.
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Climate change
The climate crisis is already devastating lives and if we don’t take action, the effects will be catastrophic. Find out how population matters to climate change, and what we can do about it.
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The Issue
Human population has grown beyond Earth’s sustainable means. We are consuming more resources than our planet can regenerate, with devastating consequences.
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Population and family size – tapping into the zeitgeist?
The past few months have seen an unprecedented level of attention on population and family size in the media. With articles in The Times, the Washington Post, the New York Times, The Guardian, the BBC,…
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Population “Factfulness” – where Hans Rosling goes wrong
Factfulness, the new book by the late Hans Rosling and his family is rightly receiving a great deal of attention. At Population Matters we commend Hans Rosling as a brilliant communicator and a…
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Is the Pope heeding warnings about population?
According to an unconfirmed report, Pope Francis has urged people to have fewer children in order to address environmental concerns. However, the Catholic Church’s opposition to artificial contraception remains in…
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President Trump reinstates ‘Global Gag Rule’
On 23 January 2017, family planning services worldwide received a blow when President Trump reinstated and expanded, the ‘Global Gag Rule’. The policy stipulates that no US overseas aid money…
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30 million more women accessing contraception than in 2012
The FP2020 international family planning initiative has released its fourth annual progress report. The global programme seeks to have 120 million more women able to access modern contraception than in 2012. Now…