We are a small charity with a mission to drive positive, large-scale action through fostering choices that help achieve a sustainable human population and regenerate our environment.
A good example of our practical work and is in Empower to Plan helping women and communities
please see: https://populationmatters.org/empower-to-plan
We campaign, undertake research, and do all we can to encourage an open, fair-minded debate about population. The solutions we promote are positive, practical and ethical: encouraging smaller families, inspiring people to consume sustainably, all with the aim of enabling everyone to enjoy a decent quality of life whilst respecting and sustaining the natural ecosystems upon which all life on earth depends.
Our Patrons include David Attenborough, Jane Goodall and Chris Packham, Jonathon Porritt is our President.
Population is one of the most important, neglected, contributors to almost all of the major problems facing us today. In particular the multiple environmental threats our planet faces, an unsustainable population also contributes to poverty, conflict, resource depletion and a poorer quality of life for many people.
A growing number of scientists, activists and members of the public recognise that action to address a global population of 7.7 billion people plus will help people, the wised environment and the planet we live on.
That action is simple, positive, and improves people's lives: lifting people out of poverty, providing education, empowering women and girls, providing good modern family planning to all and encouraging smaller families.
Population is not the only solution to the challenges we face, much else that needs to be done - but adding ever more people to the billions already here makes each of those other solutions harder to achieve.
The role of Population Matters is to spread that message, encourage smaller families, and ensure that positive, ethical and empowering action to achieve a sustainable population to create a just world, in which everyone has a decent standard of life, the opportunities they deserve, and the natural world is healthy and flourishing.
A wide range of campaigning activities: Please see;
