• Population Connection
    Population Connection

    Population Connection

    US-based population organization advocating progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by Earth’s resources.
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    Are “baby bust” headlines sowing misinformation about population numbers and trends?

    Survey: Up to 40% of Americans don’t know that our population is growing

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    Trump administration’s dystopian push for more births disregards people’s family size preferences and choices

    US fertility desires and outcomes: new mixed-mode research

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    New UN population projections: Still on track for more than 10 billion people

    Population Connection statement on the World Population Prospects 2024

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    Population Connection statement on the new IHME fertility projections

    New fertility projections by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) published in The Lancet are being portrayed by some outlets as a shocking impending crash in the number of births worldwide. The study shows no such thing, however.

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    Elon Musk is wrong: A “baby bust” is the opposite of our problem

    Next Tuesday, July 11, is World Population Day, a United Nations observance day established in 1989 to raise awareness of the urgency and importance of population issues. It’s not a well-known day, but it should be. Misinformation about demographic trends abounds thanks ...

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    Earth4All report: Is population growth really irrelevant?

    A provocative new report argues that it is unequal resource distribution, rather than overpopulation, that is driving our environmental crises, but this claim is misleading, as demonstrated by the report’s own data. 

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    Population Connection statement on COP15 biodiversity agreement

    The 190 countries that are parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UN CBD) reached a major agreement to conserve nature today. Population Connection welcomes the new Global Biodiversity Framework’s aim to protect 30% of all land and sea areas by...

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    Population Connection statement on a world of 8 billion

    Today, November 15, 2022, the world population has officially grown to 8 billion, according to the UN. While light-hearted media stories about the “8 billionth baby” will likely abound, not enough attention is being paid to what our huge and growing numbers mean for huma...

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    8 billion: A major population milestone

    World population is projected to cross 8 billion on November 15, 2022, according to the United Nations Population Division. Our large and growing population has enormous implications for human welfare and the environment—we've pulled together some of the most pertinent f...

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    These senators and representatives received an F for reproductive rights: Population Connection Action Fund Congressional Report Card

    A new report by Population Connection Action Fund assigns a failing grade to every Republican in the House and Senate for their refusal to vote in favor of reproductive rights.

    Population Connection

    Founded in 1968, Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth or ZPG) is the largest grassroots population organization in the United States, with more than 40,000 members and hundreds of thousands more supporters and participating educators working together to build a more sustainable future for the planet and all its inhabitants. Learn more at https://populationconnection.org/

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