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  • 2024 in review: Population Matters in the Media

    2024 in review: Population Matters in the Media

    It’s been a busy year at Population Matters. Here we look at some of the articles and comment pieces featuring Population Matters in 2024.

  • Buen Vivir: The ‘Good Life’ for People and Planet – Part two

    Buen Vivir: The ‘Good Life’ for People and Planet – Part two

    We continue our series exploring alternative economics models. Here, in the second of two parts, we look at Buen Vivir. Buen Vivir, an alternative development model gaining popularity in South America.

  • Endless economic growth unsustainable for planet and people

    Endless economic growth unsustainable for planet and people

    As part of an upcoming project exploring alternative economic models, this article looks at how the current pursuit of endless economic growth drives environmental degradation and deepens social inequality. The traditional growth mindset prevails among our political classes, but it is not working for planet or people.

  • False Alarm: Britain’s “Birth Rate Crisis”

    False Alarm: Britain’s “Birth Rate Crisis”

    The Spectator, a weekly British news magazine, says Britain is in a birth rate crisis. Campaigns and Media Officer Madeleine Hewitt responds and explains why there is no need to panic over falling birth rates.

  • The lingering anxiety around the “p” word

    The lingering anxiety around the “p” word

    On the 30th anniversary of the landmark adoption of the Programme of Action in Cairo, people gathered in New York last week to share their successes and challenges in tackling population issues over the past three decades. Our Content and Campaigns Specialist, Florence Blondel, was there.

  • Building Population Matters’ momentum internationally

    Building Population Matters’ momentum internationally

    In this blog post, our Content and Campaigns Specialist, Florence Blondel, shows how we’ve already established ourselves as one of the leading voices in population and development through collaborative efforts.

  • Gender equality by 2030? Not likely

    Gender equality by 2030? Not likely

    The 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women ended last week with a call from UN leaders to accelerate poverty eradication and provide necessary funding.

  • Empowering citizens through contraception

    Empowering citizens through contraception

    The European Contraception Policy Atlas is an annual report that monitors access to modern contraception in the continent. Take a look at this year’s rankings.

  • What does ChatGPT say about population collapse?

    What does ChatGPT say about population collapse?

    Artificial Intelligence will shape the way we work and interact with one another in the coming years and decades, but what does it say about population collapse?

  • 2023 in review: Population Matters in the media

    2023 in review: Population Matters in the media

    It’s been another busy year, so let’s look at some of the articles, comment pieces and podcasts featuring Population Matters in 2023.