The generosity of people like you enables us to support Global Partners working to expand access to family planning, remove barriers to girls’ education & conserve local natural resources through the “population, health, environment” (PHE) approach. 👇 donate.populationconnection.org/a/partners-g...?

An extensive new survey by Population Connection reveals that Americans have an established preference for small family sizes and do not perceive low fertility rates as a problem. populationconnection.org/blog/survey-...

As the year winds down, we’re revisiting the 12 Population Connection blogs that resonated most with readers, one from each month. Evidence-based. Timely. Still essential. January.⬇️ populationconnection.org/blog/qa-trum...

A major new review of the state of the environment by UNEP provides a comprehensive and refreshingly honest exploration of the root drivers of environmental degradation, and stresses the urgent need to overhaul how we live on this planet. ⬇️ populationconnection.org/blog/major-u...

The real crisis isn’t fewer babies — it’s mass species loss. Humanity is thriving; our planet’s biodiversity isn’t. At Population Connection, we argue that lower fertility is a very positive development because it is driven by choice. ⬇️ populationconnection.org/blog/no-huma...

Human activities have led to the introduction of harmful contaminants into the environment. Air, water, & soil pollution damage human & ecosystem health and are amplified by population growth and rising per capita consumption, & unethical corporate behavior. populationconnection.org/why-populati...

In 2019, IPBES #GlobalAssessment est. 1 million species of plants & animals are threatened with extinction.🥀 The figure is probably even higher, but what's important is the urgent need for #biodiversity preservation! https://www.ipbes.net/global-assessment

Beyond its direct life-saving impacts, foreign assistance plays a critical role in moving the sustainable development needle in the right direction. Loss of funding in just one area can cause devastating setbacks that reverberate through society globally. 👇 populationconnection.org/blog/re-they...

Contrary to what the current administration is saying, human activities are threatening natural resource availability through land use changes, hunting and harvesting of organisms, deforestation, and freshwater extraction. populationconnection.org/why-populati...

“This bill restores a common-sense, bipartisan approach: supporting voluntary, rights-based family planning and #maternalhealth while ensuring full compliance with U.S. law.” Great to see this fight! www.devex.com/news/exclusi...

Pregnancy and childbirth are risky, even in wealthy countries. In the world’s least developed regions, they are outright dangerous due to insufficient health infrastructure and services. For adolescent girls in particular, complications from pregnancy 🧵 populationconnection.org/why-populati...

Aside from its vile misogynistic, eugenic, and xenophobic views, the far-right pronatalist movement is absurd because it opposes all the measures that are the most likely to have a boosting effect on the birthrate. Read more here👇 populationconnection.org/blog/re-make...

Our December magazine issue is out today! We dedicated this one to @populationeducation.org, which is 50 this year! Since 1975, PopEd has been preparing educators to teach about human population growth and its impacts on the environment and human wellbeing. populationconnection.org/magazine/dec...

This year’s international climate conference, COP30, wrapped up in Belém, Brazil. Following the failure of previous COPs to deliver the ambition and action needed to avert catastrophic climate change, the stakes were higher than ever before. 👇 populationconnection.org/blog/cop30-w...

Here is the CNN article quoting VP for Communications Marian Starkey and SVP for Government and Political Affairs Brian Dixon. It's about #pronatalism and the Trump administration's push to encourage more births by restricting #reproductivefreedom. ⬇️ edition.cnn.com/2025/11/26/h...

DOUBLE your impact on #GivingTuesday! A generous donor is matching all contributions, up to $250,000, in support of our Global Partners. We need to raise $25,000 today, and you can help with your gift of $25.00! It'll go twice as far! Thank you. donate.populationconnection.org/a/partners-g...?

A stark reminder as we mark #WorldAIDSDay and #16DaysOfActivismAgainstGenderBasedViolence. At #ICFP2025, one session on investing in girls particularly stood out, featuring notable speakers from Tiko Kenya, FP2030, and Guttmacher Institute.

“The religious right wants more white Christian babies and is trying to curtail women’s reproductive freedom in order to achieve that aim." Great inputs from @popconnect.bsky.social on why policies don't work and rights are at risk. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/26/h...

Population Connection, alongside thousands of global advocates, researchers, and policymakers, actively participated in the 7th International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP), held in Bogotá, Colombia. Take a look at what we've been up to in Bogotá. 👇 populationconnection.org/blog/populat...

Join us as we showcase our organization’s most noteworthy accomplishments from the year, all made possible by our dedicated network of supporters! ⬇️ populationconnection-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Midwives are on the frontlines of the #climatecrisis, yet the world is short almost 1 million of them. We support the International Confederation of Midwives’ call to invest in midwives everywhere. Sign the petition and stand with #maternalhealth. 👇 millionmore.org

Elephants are highly intelligent, and emotionally complex creatures — their disappearance would be devastating. Their slide towards extinction must be halted, but only if we address the figurative elephant in the room: our growing human population. 👇 populationconnection.org/blog/populat...

An environmental school on wheels… La Rana Chiva carries conservation education across Colombia’s rural landscapes inspiring children to protect the extraordinary biodiversity of their region. Powered by @proavescolombia & Women for Conservation, it’s a moving classroom rooted in community and hope.

Is South America’s environment affected by the aid cuts? #environmentalimpacts Watch what our partner said about the gutting of the cuts. www.facebook.com/share/v/1WH2...

Are you tuned in? Impact of aid cuts on the environment. Thankful to #ClimateTalkUganda podcast host Josephine Karingi for getting us Bagyenda Robert to talk to our supporters who are interested in the intersections of population, health and environment. www.youtube.com/live/mogdkdX...

As the middle class grows in much of the world, lifting people out of abject poverty and into a more acceptable quality of life, the number of people on the planet becomes an even more important determinant of the toll humans take on the environment. populationconnection.org/why-populati...

Empowering women & girls is one of the most effective sustainable dev't levers, yet initiatives to expand their rights & inclusion remain woefully underfunded. DYK? Areas with the fastest popn growth also have some of the worst #genderequality scores.👇 populationconnection.org/why-populati...

Great connecting with amazing #ICFP2025 attendees who share the same passion for women’s and girls’ health! 💪

Human-caused climate change presents an urgent & growing existential risk to life on Earth. By burning fossil fuels & deforesting vast areas, we've increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to levels unprecedented in at least 800k years.👇 populationconnection.org/why-populati...

“First the woman, second the woman, and third the woman.” Dr. Jorge Eduardo Caro has spent most of his life working in public hospitals. He witnessed women dying every day from unsafe abortions. #ICFP2025

We are here in Colombia for #ICFP2025 #FPNNSolutions #EquityThroughAction. Find us and follow along for daily updates.

In a strange alliance, right wing traditionalists, tech professionals, and an abominable billionaire are pushing a pronatalist agenda on Americans, while cutting the very programs that help parents and children. This, and more in our Quarterly Mag. ⬇️ populationconnection.org/magazine/sep...

Our #environment is rapidly deteriorating while political leaders are increasingly deprioritizing environmental action in favor of short-term nationalist interests. Are we heading for global societal #collapse and is there still hope?

We're featured today in NPR's week-long series Population Shift! Our VP for Communications, Marian Starkey, talks about her own decision not to have children and some of the environmental and societal benefits of low fertility and declining population growth. #populationshift #lowfertility

⚠️👹 Warning! You may get nightmares … 👻 But you might also wake up with a fire in your belly to do something about the wicked, spooky truths haunting our world — from species loss to population pressures to unmet need for contraceptives that are slated for incineration ☠️ See all 1- 6 at🧵 👇

Our members are environmentalists who understand and care about the long game — they know (and want everyone else to know as well!) that without population stabilization, any efforts toward environmental protection or sustainable development are futile. ⬇️

Join us for as we explore how international aid cuts are undermining sustainable development goals. Cuts are disrupting progress in environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, & #SRHR, especially in regions most vulnerable to climate change. populationconnection-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Happening now. Watch live here. ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTi_...

“Taking #contraception – to be able to work and provide.” 👇 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

As Trump targets the East Wing, nearly $10 million in contraceptives sit in a warehouse instead of saving lives. Whether by incineration or expiration, time is running out. Act now — support the Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act: https://act.populationconnectionaction.org/a/protect-fa-2025

The fact that the Secretary of Health is a crackpot is the real threat.

Join Rebecca (L), Lauren (C) & Marian (R), + more than 35 of us, to make the needed change in these tumultuous times. We’re dedicated to building grassroots support for universal access to voluntary #familyplanning services. Apply now👇 populationconnection.org/about-us/our...

"...Bonobos, one of the DRC’s most emblematic species – are increasingly threatened by human activity, above all poaching and deforestation, which gnaw away at their habitat year after year." Our close relatives are estimated to be fewer than 15,000 individuals! 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The newly breached planetary boundary is ocean acidification, caused by excess carbon dioxide from fossil fuel emissions. All 7 breached boundaries are worsening. The only 2 that remain in the safe zone are ozone depletion & aerosol loading (air pollution).

Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as the climate crisis makes the country more hospitable for insects. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Pretending demography doesn’t matter while our emissions soar is to be complicit in a future that renders large swaths of the planet uninhabitable, where the poorest people will pay the steepest price. ⬇️ populationconnection.org/blog/the-ove...

Join us for a special virtual event highlighting our Population Education (PopEd) program! PopEd equips K–12 educators with the tools to teach about the connections between global population trends, people, and the environment. Register here.👇 populationconnection-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The Economist Editorial board published a welcome article arguing that #lowfertility is nothing to panic about. We responded with a letter, which wasn’t published, so we are featuring it on our communications channels. Full response. ⬇️ populationconnection.org/blog/re-dont...

"Those who hate abortion can help make it rarer & safeguard lives by supporting #prochoice policies that expand access to the whole range of sexual & #reproductivehealth services." We expose the effects of US anti-choice policies & hypocrisy of #prolife rhetoric. 👇