Population Matters

Population Matters
Founded1991 (1991)
FounderDavid Willey
Type
FocusPromotion of smaller families and sustainable consumption to achieve a population that co-exists in harmony with nature and prospers on a healthy planet.
Location
  • United Kingdom
MethodCampaigning, education, lobbying and research
Key people
Websitepopulationmatters.org
Formerly called
Optimum Population Trust

Population Matters, formerly known as the Optimum Population Trust, is a UK-based charity[1] that addresses population size and its effects on environmental sustainability. It considers population growth as a major contributor to environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, resource depletion and climate change.[2][3][4] The group promotes ethical, choice-based solutions through lobbying, campaigning and awareness-raising.

  1. ^ "OPTIMUM POPULATION TRUST - Charity 1114109". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Does Population Growth Impact Climate Change?". Scientific American. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Climate change and population growth are making the world's water woes more urgent". The Economist. 28 February 2019. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  4. ^ "How does the growing global population affect biodiversity? | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 23 February 2022.

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